AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoBRICS Summit in Delhi: BRICS leaders opened the 18th summit in New Delhi as Xi Jinping arrived for the first time since 2019, with Putin and Iran’s Pezeshkian also in attendance. Day one produced a New Delhi Declaration pushing UN Security Council reform, condemning terror attacks, and calling for equal Global South participation, while talks on Middle East wording reportedly tested unity between Iran and the UAE. Trade rules push: BRICS also backed restoring a fully functioning two-tier WTO dispute settlement system and warned against unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures. India-China reset signals: Modi and Xi held bilateral talks on the sidelines, with Beijing urging both sides to manage differences properly and view ties strategically. Uzbekistan-linked regional cooperation: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan launched a cross-border sanitary control project at the Oybek–Fotekhobod border crossing to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and information exchange. Uzbekistan governance: Uzbekistan’s president appointed his daughter, Saida Mirziyoyeva, as head of the Tashkent International Financial Center administration. EU sanctions dispute: France joined Slovakia in seeking delisting Uzbek-born Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov from EU sanctions, highlighting growing friction inside the bloc. Sports diplomacy (minor): Uzbekistan hosted the 46th Chess Olympiad build-up in Samarkand, with multiple teams preparing to compete.
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