When Will BRICS Bigwigs Arrive? Check When Xi, Putin Land In New Delhi For Mega Summit

BRICS Summit 2026: Delhi is all set to host the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13, with several presidents, prime ministers and senior global officials arriving in the capital from September 10 onwards. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the key leaders attending.

BRICS 2026: Check Full List Of Global Leaders Arriving In Delhi

Name	Country / Organisation	Designation	Date & Time
Mauro Vieira	Brazil	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 10, 2026 — 21:50 hrs
Vladimir Putin	Russia	President	September 11, 2026 — 01:15 hrs
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus	WHO	Director-General	September 11, 2026 — 04:10 hrs
Zou Jiayi	AIIB	President	September 11, 2026 — 08:25 hrs
Mario Lubetkin	Uruguay	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 11, 2026 — 08:45 hrs
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa	South Africa	President	September 11, 2026 — 09:05 hrs
Jessica Alupo	Uganda	Vice President	September 11, 2026 — 09:15 hrs
Antonio Guterres	United Nations	Secretary-General	September 11, 2026 — 13:25 hrs
Dilma Rousseff	NDB	President	September 11, 2026 — 14:00 hrs
Masoud Pezeshkian	Iran	President	September 11, 2026 — 14:00 hrs
Sen. Kashim Shettima	Nigeria	Vice President	September 11, 2026 — 14:45 hrs
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi	Egypt	President	September 11, 2026 — 17:35 hrs
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	UAE	Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi	September 11, 2026 — 17:50 hrs
Anwar Ibrahim	Malaysia	Prime Minister	September 11, 2026 — 18:40 hrs
Abiy Ahmed Ali	Ethiopia	Prime Minister	September 11, 2026 — 19:30 hrs
Evariste Ndayishimiye	Burundi	President	September 11, 2026 — 20:45 hrs
Prabowo Subianto	Indonesia	President	September 11, 2026 — 21:00 hrs
Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.	Philippines	President	September 11, 2026 — 22:00 hrs
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla	Cuba	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 11, 2026 — 22:50 hrs
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	WTO	Director-General	September 11, 2026 — 23:35 hrs
Maxim Ryzhenkov	Belarus	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 12, 2026 — 05:35 hrs
Le Minh Hung	Vietnam	Prime Minister	September 12, 2026 — 11:05 hrs
Xi Jinping	China	President	September 12, 2026 — 12:25 hrs
Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani	Bahrain	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 12, 2026 — 15:30 hrs
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev	Kazakhstan	President	September 12, 2026 — 16:10 hrs
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	Minister of Foreign Affairs	September 12, 2026 — 21:00 hrs

Why Is The BRICS Summit 2026 Important?

The BRICS Summit 2026 is significant not just because several world leaders are arriving in Delhi, but because the grouping is becoming an increasingly important platform for the Global South. The 11-member BRICS now brings together major economies, energy producers and emerging markets from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The grouping accounts

for more than a quarter of the global economy and nearly half of the world’s population.

For India, the summit is particularly important as New Delhi is hosting the grouping at a time of major geopolitical and economic uncertainty. India assumed the BRICS chairship on January 1, 2026, for the fourth time, and this year also marks 20 years of BRICS. India has chosen the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”, guided by the vision of “Humanity First”.

BRICS 2026: Trade, Economy And Supply Chains

Economic cooperation will be one of the major areas of discussion. India has pushed for more resilient and diversified supply chains, greater trade in services, stronger participation of MSMEs in global trade and easier access to trade finance. These issues are particularly important as countries look to reduce vulnerabilities caused by geopolitical tensions and disruptions to global trade.