Bangladesh, May 14 -- Foreign ministers from the expanded BRICS bloc convened in India on Wednesday amid mounting geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and growing concerns over global energy security, with New Delhi calling for a “coordinated response” from emerging economies to address escalating international crises.

The meeting, held ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit scheduled for September in India, comes at a particularly volatile moment in global affairs. The ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran, instability across the Middle East, disruptions to maritime trade routes, and the broader impact of sanctions and economic fragmentation dominated the agenda during the closed-door discussions.

Opening the meeting, Indian ...