India Fails to Bridge Divide Over Iran War at BRICS Summit

Foreign Ministers at the BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting in New Delhi on May 14. 

Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

BRICS foreign ministers failed to reach a consensus at a meeting hosted by India, exposing deep divisions within the bloc over the conflict in Iran.

New Delhi released a chair’s statement instead of a joint communique, citing differences among members over the situation in the Middle East.