The confirmation has come days after U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India “next month”, i.e. in May
India will host Foreign Ministers-level meeting of the BRICS grouping in May, official sources have confirmed. The meeting will be the first occasion when officials of Iran and the United Arab Emirates will be “face to face” since the conflict began with the U.S.-Israel attacking Iran on February 28, 2026.
Diplomatic sources and officials have also confirmed that India is on track to host the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in the last week of May. The confirmation has come days after U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India “next month”, i.e. in May.
India is the current chair of the BRICS grouping, which is expected to meet from September 7-11 with heads of state expected to meet during September 9-11. Prospects of the ‘Quad’ summit are not yet clear, as much depends on U.S. President Donald Trump’s schedule, especially as he has mid-term elections in the U.S. However, India has missed out on holding the Quad for two years already and is keen to finally have its turn this year.
India, Russia and China, three of the five (Brazil and South Africa being the other two) original members of BRICS, have been in contact in recent weeks against the backdrop of the conflict in the Gulf as the world is dealing with the energy shock waves that are being generated because of the chokehold of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran and the UAE as well Saudi Arabia are members of the BRICS who joined the group in 2023 in the Johannesburg summit and are part of the conflict as Iran has been hitting U.S. military, energy and industrial targets in UAE and Saudi Arabia.
In last week’s Indian Ocean Conference in Mauritius, UAE’s Minister Sheikh Shakhbooth Al Nahyan “condemned in the strongest terms the heinous, indiscriminate and unprovoked missile and drone attack Iran” launched against the UAE and its “neighbours in the Gulf and other Arab countries for over a month”. The UAE’s Minister also condemned Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz describing the Iranian tactic with the strait as “amounting to economic terrorism”.
Working on the communication lines within Quad, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi last week. The two Foreign Ministers discussed the situation along the Strait of Hormuz and Mr. Motegi conveyed his government’s condolences for the Indian eight lives that have been lost in the conflict so far.
Mr. Jaishankar spoke with Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia, on Tuesday (April 14, 2026). With Mr. Jaishankar holding conversations with his counterparts within the Quad grouping, the preparatory segment of the Quad foreign ministers meeting is becoming evident.
India to host Foreign Minister-level meetings of BRICS and Quad in May
The confirmation has come days after U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India “next month”, i.e. in May
India will host Foreign Ministers-level meeting of the BRICS grouping in May, official sources have confirmed. The meeting will be the first occasion when officials of Iran and the United Arab Emirates will be “face to face” since the conflict began with the U.S.-Israel attacking Iran on February 28, 2026.
Diplomatic sources and officials have also confirmed that India is on track to host the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in the last week of May. The confirmation has come days after U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India “next month”, i.e. in May.
India is the current chair of the BRICS grouping, which is expected to meet from September 7-11 with heads of state expected to meet during September 9-11. Prospects of the ‘Quad’ summit are not yet clear, as much depends on U.S. President Donald Trump’s schedule, especially as he has mid-term elections in the U.S. However, India has missed out on holding the Quad for two years already and is keen to finally have its turn this year.
India, Russia and China, three of the five (Brazil and South Africa being the other two) original members of BRICS, have been in contact in recent weeks against the backdrop of the conflict in the Gulf as the world is dealing with the energy shock waves that are being generated because of the chokehold of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran and the UAE as well Saudi Arabia are members of the BRICS who joined the group in 2023 in the Johannesburg summit and are part of the conflict as Iran has been hitting U.S. military, energy and industrial targets in UAE and Saudi Arabia.
In last week’s Indian Ocean Conference in Mauritius, UAE’s Minister Sheikh Shakhbooth Al Nahyan “condemned in the strongest terms the heinous, indiscriminate and unprovoked missile and drone attack Iran” launched against the UAE and its “neighbours in the Gulf and other Arab countries for over a month”. The UAE’s Minister also condemned Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz describing the Iranian tactic with the strait as “amounting to economic terrorism”.
Working on the communication lines within Quad, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi last week. The two Foreign Ministers discussed the situation along the Strait of Hormuz and Mr. Motegi conveyed his government’s condolences for the Indian eight lives that have been lost in the conflict so far.
Mr. Jaishankar spoke with Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia, on Tuesday (April 14, 2026). With Mr. Jaishankar holding conversations with his counterparts within the Quad grouping, the preparatory segment of the Quad foreign ministers meeting is becoming evident.
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