New Delhi, March 31 -- As India prepares to assume the BRICS Chair in 2026, its position on the ongoing West Asia conflict will be closely watched, according to Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, a Chinese Studies expert at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Speaking to ANI, Prof. Kondapalli said, "This is a very complicated situation for India, because Iran is a member of the BRICS and also Saudi Arabia... Also, India and Iran are members of the SCO and so there is solidarity between the members... This issue will also be taken up in the BRICS meeting, but it has become complicated because Iran attacked Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are members of the BRICS as well. So for India to take side on one as against the other would be problemati...