The sharp differences within BRICS, which India has blamed for the lack of a consensus on the West Asia situation, became public with Iran accusing the UAE of blocking a joint declaration at the foreign ministers’ meeting that India will host over the next 2 days.
As foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi arrived here for the meeting, Iranian authorities said that while Tehran wanted a joint declaration for a successful meeting under India’s chairship, there was “one neighbouring country” that was preventing a consensus by insisting on condemnation of Iran in the document.
