Ripoti11 BRICS Members Unanimously Adopt Declaration — Including Rivals at WarImeandikwa 13 Septemba 2026, 22:46 UTCTazamaNakala ya maneno0:11Eleven nations, three of them on opposite sides of a live Middle East war, just0:15signed one document.0:17The Declaration condemns sanctions and tariffs and urges maximum restraint, but it0:21names no one.0:22The question now is whether this fragile unity survives the war's next move.0:27All 11 members adopted the Declaration.0:29That includes Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, states aligned with opposite sides of0:34the West Asia conflict.0:36The summit opened two days after the Houthi takeover of the Red Sea lanes.0:40Negotiations ran to about 4 a.m.0:42before the Declaration was adopted on September 12th.0:44That is the compromise language that let Iran and the UAE both sign.0:48It calls for restraint, but assigns no blame.0:51The Declaration does not name Israel, Iran, the United States, Saudi Arabia, or the0:56Houthis.0:56The economic core is a shield, a defense of Russian and Iranian oil trade against1:01U.S.1:01secondary sanctions, without naming the United States.1:04Two days before the summit, Houthi fighters seized the port of Mocha and pushed on1:08to the Hainish Islands.1:09The Bab al-Mandeb Strait there carries about 12% of the world's oil and goods.1:14The Declaration does not name the Houthis.1:16Its closest language is a call to maintain the smooth flow of global trade, supply1:20chains, and energy.1:21Modi hosted and engineered the compromise.1:24Xi arrived for the first time in seven years.1:26Putin came in person for the first time since the Ukraine war began.1:30Pazeshkian represented Iran, also present.1:33South Africa's Rama Fossa, Indonesia's Subiento, Egypt's El-Sisi, Ethiopia's Abiy.1:38The consensus was hard won.1:40Iran and the UAE were deadlocked.1:42India engineered the compromise, and both sides backed down rather than break the1:46block.1:47On the sidelines, Modi told Xi that peace on the border is essential.1:50Xi called India and China key global South countries with significant1:54responsibilities.1:55The unity is real, but it commits no one.1:58There is no timetable, no payment system, no sanctions response, no de-escalation2:02step, and the border is no closer to formal disengagement.2:05So the declaration is a statement that 11 of the world's largest emerging economies,2:10including three rivals inside a live war, could still sign a single document.2:15What they do with it is the open question.Soma makalaMfuatano wa matukio ya habariHeyDexVideo fupi ↗
