Yesterday and today, the meeting of BRICS national coordinators was held in New Delhi, and the foreign ministers’ meeting will also be held tomorrow and the day after.
The active presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in mechanisms such as BRICS represents a strategic choice to strengthen genuine multilateralism, expand equitable cooperation, and participate in shaping a more just order in international relations.
The BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi can be an important opportunity for dialogue on the future of Global South cooperation, reforming international economic governance, developing independent trade, strengthening financial and banking ties, and reducing countries’ dependence on discriminatory and unilateral mechanisms.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, with its geopolitical, energy, transit, scientific, and human capacities, can play an effective role in the BRICS agenda for balanced development, economic security, regional connectivity, and amplifying the voice of independent countries. In this path, opposition to America’s unilateral coercive measures and their illegal and anti-development effects is an inseparable part of defending economic justice and the rights of nations to development.
BRICS will fulfill its historical role more fully when it becomes a platform for equitable cooperation, mutual respect, independent decision-making, and defending the rights of nations against monopoly, sanctions, and coercive policies. The path to the future of the world lies through cooperation, justice, and genuine multilateralism.
: Kazem Gharibabadi
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran