{"id":45324,"date":"2026-09-12T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45324"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:33:07","slug":"brics-bloc-agrees-on-joint-declaration","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/brics-bloc-agrees-on-joint-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BRICS bloc agrees on joint declaration\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Brazil, \u200bRussia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) group of countries has agreed \u200bon a joint declaration, \u200cwhich is unlikely to name any country but will condemn unilateral \u200bwar by any country, four \u200bsources told Reuters on Saturday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The \u2060bloc, which includes BRICS, Egypt, \u200bEthiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, is holding its annual \u200bsummit in New Delhi \u200bthis weekend.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Representatives of the member nations have \u200cbeen engaged in bridging the divide between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, who are on \u200bopposite \u200bsides of \u2060the Gulf conflict, to produce a consensus \u200bdeclaration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The leaders of the \u200bcountries \u2060are expected to approve the declaration on Saturday, the sources \u2060said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21581,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-45324","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The leaders of the \u200bcountries \u2060are expected to approve the declaration on Saturday, the sources \u2060said.","published_date":"","news_description":"The leaders of the \u200bcountries \u2060are expected to approve the declaration on Saturday, the sources \u2060said.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45325,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45324\/revisions\/45325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}