India convened the BRICS National Security Advisors’ meeting in New Delhi on June 22-23, the first such gathering under India’s 2026 BRICS chairship, chaired by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Security chiefs of the expanded bloc—India, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE—met under the theme “non-traditional security challenges confronting the world today,” taking up cybersecurity, digital-infrastructure vulnerabilities, and AI-driven threats, and reviewing the outcomes of the BRICS joint working groups on counter-terrorism and on IT security, reported ANI.
On the sidelines, Doval met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. India’s Ministry of External Affairs called the talks “constructive and forward-looking,” and Wang said that “China supports India in fulfilling its responsibilities as the rotating chair of the BRICS.” The two reviewed the gradual normalization of relations since the 2024 border disengagement and prepared the ground for the 25th round of Special Representatives’ talks on the boundary question, the same track to which the Foreign Ministry pointed in Beijing the same day. Doval held further bilaterals with the Brazilian, Ethiopian, and South African security chiefs.
