BRICS Summit 2026: Xi, Putin, Pezeshkian - Full list of world leaders coming to India

India is set to host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, bringing together leaders and senior representatives from BRICS member countries, partner countries, regional organisations and major international institutions.

The summit will see participation from several prominent heads of state and government, along with senior ministers and officials. The participation list includes leaders from countries such as China, Russia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, and South Africa, besides representatives from partner countries and regional groupings.

Heads of organisations, including the United Nations, World Trade Organisation, and World Health Organisation are also listed among the participants.

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Here is the full list of key participants: 

BRICS member countries

The summit will feature delegations from the BRICS member countries, with several attending at the presidential or prime-ministerial level.

Sl. No.	Country	Head of Delegation	Designation
1	Brazil	H.E. Mauro Vieira	Minister of Foreign Affairs
2	China	H.E. Xi Jinping	President
3	Egypt	H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi	President
4	Ethiopia	H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali	Prime Minister
5	Indonesia	H.E. Prabowo Subianto	President
6	Iran	H.E. Dr Masoud Pezeshkian	President
7	Russia	H.E. Vladimir Putin	President
8	Saudi Arabia	H.H. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud	Minister of Foreign Affairs
9	South Africa	H.E. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa	President
10	UAE	H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi & Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council

Partner Countries

Several BRICS partner countries will also participate in the New Delhi summit.

Sl. No.	Country	Head of Delegation	Designation
1	Belarus	H.E. Maxim Ryzhenkov	Minister of Foreign Affairs
2	Bolivia	H.E. Arlette Gabriela Bustamante García	Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Bolivia in India
3	Cuba	H.E. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla	Minister of Foreign Affairs
4	Kazakhstan	H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev	President
5	Malaysia	H.E. Anwar Ibrahim	Prime Minister
6	Nigeria	H.E. Senator Kashim Shettima	Vice President
7	Thailand	H.E. Sihasak Phuangketkeow	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
8	Uganda	Her Excellency Jessica Rose Epel Alupo	Vice President
9	Uzbekistan	H.E. Jamshid Kuchkarov	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance
10	Vietnam	H.E. Le Minh Hung	Prime Minister

Leaders of regional organisations

The summit will also bring participation from countries chairing major regional organisations.

Sl. No.	Regional Organisation	Current Chair/Country	Head of Delegation	Designation
1	ASEAN	Philippines	H.E. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.	President
2	African Union (AU)	Burundi	H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye	President
3	Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)	Bahrain	H.E. Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani	Minister of Foreign Affairs
4	Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)	Uruguay	H.E. Mario Lubetkin	Minister of Foreign Affairs
5	Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)	Kazakhstan	H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev	President

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Heads of major international organisations

The BRICS 2026 gathering will also include heads of several major international institutions.

Sl. No.	Organisation	Head	Designation
1	United Nations	H.E. António Guterres	Secretary-General
2	WTO	Her Excellency Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	Director-General
3	WHO	H.E. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus	Director-General
4	New Development Bank (NDB)	Her Excellency Dilma Rousseff	President of NDB
5	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)	Her Excellency Zou Jiayi	President and Chair of the Board of Directors
6	ISA	H.E. Ashish Khanna	Director General
7	CDRI	H.E. Amit Prothi	Director General