BRICS Summit Delhi 2026 Live Updates: BRICS calls for protection of cultural heritage

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026 Live: The 18th BRICS Leader's Summit is currently on in Delhi. The 2-day Summit is being held at Bharat Mandapam on August 12-13, 2026. Leaders from across BRICS nations, partner countries and several international organisations are taking part in the Summit.

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026 Live Updates: BRICS leaders on Saturday called for protection of cultural heritage, including in regions affected by conflict, and laid emphasis on repatriation of antiquities and objects of spiritual, ancestral, historical and cultural value to their country of origin.

In the New Delhi Declaration adopted on day one of the two-day BRICS Summit being hosted by India, the grouping also welcomed adoption of the Bhopal Declaration at the 11th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting, reaffirming the important role of culture in fostering people-to-people cooperation and strengthening ties among member countries.

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13 Sep 2026 07:34 AM (IST) BRICS Summit 2026 Live Updates: BRICS leaders to hold open session on Day 2 of Summit The Sunday BRICS programme will begin at 9:55 am with the arrival of leaders of BRICS partner countries and outreach invitees at Bharat Mandapam. This will be followed by the family photo at 10:35 am. At 10:50 am, leaders will attend the open session on “Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability: Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth” at the Summit Hall.

BRICS Summit 2026 Live Updates: BRICS leaders to hold open session on Day 2 of Summit

The Sunday BRICS programme will begin at 9:55 am with the arrival of leaders of BRICS partner countries and outreach invitees at Bharat Mandapam. This will be followed by the family photo at 10:35 am. At 10:50 am, leaders will attend the open session on “Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability: Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth” at the Summit Hall.

13 Sep 2026 07:21 AM (IST) BRICS Summit Delhi 2026 Live: Union ministers, CMs attend BRICS gala dinner Union ministers and chief ministers of several states on Saturday attended a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in honour of the leaders of BRICS and other participating countries and organisations. The Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Kiren Rijiju travelled together in two buses from the Parliament House complex amidst tight security. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and chief ministers of various states — Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra), Suvendu Adhikari (West Bengal), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), and Rekha Gupta (Delhi) — also travelled in the buses along with the Union........

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