The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today
The Communist Party of India appreciates the direction of the New Delhi Declaration of the BRICS Summit 2026 and echoes its emphasis on reforming the institutions of global governance. The call for greater representation of the Global South in the United Nations, including reform of the UN Security Council, as well as reforms in the IMF and World Bank, is an important step towards a more democratic and equitable international order. The inclusion of India and other developing countries in decision-making structures must be pursued with greater urgency. The BRICS countries’ unequivocal concern over the continuing violence in West Asia and their call for restraint, dialogue and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza are welcome. BRICS support for full UN membership for Palestine and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people should be the call of the entire globe. The urgent need for institutional checks on the unilateral exercise of power by imperialist countries cannot be overstated. The imposition of unilateral tariffs, sanctions and economic blockades by powerful countries against developing and sovereign nations is a particularly serious manifestation of such unilateralism and economic coercion. These measures undermine the principles of sovereign equality, free and fair international trade and the right of nations to pursue their own independent development paths.
The CPI welcomes the reaffirmation of zero tolerance towards terrorism in the Declaration. The emphasis on greater use of local currencies in trade and financial transactions among BRICS countries is also a positive development. This cooperation should be taken forward into a more comprehensive agenda of de-dollarisation, aimed not at disrupting global trade but at reducing the vulnerabilities created by excessive dependence on a single currency and providing a meaningful check on US financial hegemony. Similarly, commitments on climate change, sustainable development, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies must translate into concrete cooperation, particularly ensuring that technological and environmental progress serves humanity as a whole and does not deepen existing inequalities.
The progress made in India-China relations on the sidelines of the Summit further strengthens the CPI’s longstanding position that bilateral issues between the two neighbouring countries must be resolved through dialogue, diplomacy and peaceful negotiations. BRICS, together with other representative institutions and platforms of the Global South, must now rise to the larger challenge of demanding a comprehensive reform of the global order. Hegemony and unilateralism must be rejected, and international institutions must be made genuinely representative, democratic and accountable. The world cannot allow the common aspiration for a peaceful and prosperous future of the people to become a victim of the shortsightedness, narrow interests or aggression of a few powerful countries. The Global South must speak with greater unity and determination for a just, multipolar and equitable world order.