BRICS negotiators are working to narrow differences over the West Asia crisis ahead of the New Delhi summit. The challenge illustrates a broader consequence of the group's expansion: BRICS now represents a wider range of regional interests, strategic partnerships and security priorities, making consensus both more valuable and harder to achieve.
India's role as host gives the diplomacy added weight. New Delhi must protect the group's relevance without allowing declarations to become so diluted that they lose meaning. It also has to manage its own relationships across West Asia, including with Gulf states, Israel and Iran.