New Delhi, May 12 -- With conflicts raging in West Asia and the rules-based international order under severe strain, India will host a pivotal gathering of BRICS foreign ministers on May 14-15, a meeting whose significance extends far beyond diplomatic routine.

The meeting comes at a moment of profound global anxiety, ongoing Ukraine conflict and West Asia war, deepening fractures in multilateral institutions have lent fresh urgency to the BRICS agenda. For many of its members, New Delhi represents not just a diplomatic stop, but a search for alternatives to a world sliding toward fragmentationThe Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on Tuesday that the high-level diplomatic engagement will be chaired by External Affairs Minister S...