00:20Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.
Footage shows Al Zayani being welcomed by Indian officials on arrival before leaving in a waiting car.
Bahrain is not a BRICS member or partner country. Al Zayani is attending the summit as a representative of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Bahrain currently chairing the GCC Ministerial Council.
India is hosting the two-day summit on September 12 and 13, bringing together leaders from a bloc that now represents nearly half the world's population and around 40 per cent of global GDP.
New Delhi's 2026 BRICS presidency is built around "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability", with India pushing for closer Global South cooperation and a bigger voice for developing economies on the world stage.
It is the first time India has hosted a summit of the expanded BRICS, now made up of 11 members alongside 10 partner countries.
BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India and China, holding its first leaders' summit in 2009. South Africa joined the following year, before the bloc expanded sharply in 2024 and 2025.
From Manama to New Delhi - Bahrain's Al Zayani holds talks with Indian officials as BRICS widens global outreach
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.
Footage shows Al Zayani being welcomed by Indian officials on arrival before leaving in a waiting car.
Bahrain is not a BRICS member or partner country. Al Zayani is attending the summit as a representative of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Bahrain currently chairing the GCC Ministerial Council.
India is hosting the two-day summit on September 12 and 13, bringing together leaders from a bloc that now represents nearly half the world's population and around 40 per cent of global GDP.
New Delhi's 2026 BRICS presidency is built around "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability", with India pushing for closer Global South cooperation and a bigger voice for developing economies on the world stage.
It is the first time India has hosted a summit of the expanded BRICS, now made up of 11 members alongside 10 partner countries.
BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India and China, holding its first leaders' summit in 2009. South Africa joined the following year, before the bloc expanded sharply in 2024 and 2025.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.
Footage shows Al Zayani being welcomed by Indian officials on arrival before leaving in a waiting car.
Bahrain is not a BRICS member or partner country. Al Zayani is attending the summit as a representative of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with Bahrain currently chairing the GCC Ministerial Council.
India is hosting the two-day summit on September 12 and 13, bringing together leaders from a bloc that now represents nearly half the world's population and around 40 per cent of global GDP.
New Delhi's 2026 BRICS presidency is built around "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability", with India pushing for closer Global South cooperation and a bigger voice for developing economies on the world stage.
It is the first time India has hosted a summit of the expanded BRICS, now made up of 11 members alongside 10 partner countries.
BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India and China, holding its first leaders' summit in 2009. South Africa joined the following year, before the bloc expanded sharply in 2024 and 2025.