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Business Standard
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Brics condemns Pahalgam attack; calls out double standards against terror
The Brics grouping on Sunday condemned the Pahalgam terror attack in the strongest terms and echoed India's position to pursue a "zero tolerance" approach towards terrorism and called for shunning double standards in countering the menace. The top leaders of Brics nations articulated their firm resolve to combat terrorism, including cross-border movement of terrorists and terror financing, on the first day of the grouping's two-day summit in this seaside Brazilian city. In an apparent reference to Washington's reciprocal tariffs, the leaders also criticised the "indiscriminate rising of tariffs", holding that such measures threaten to undermine global trade. The Brics leaders unveiled the "Rio de Janeiro Declaration" that featured the bloc's position on a number of pressing global challenges, including terrorism, the situation in West Asia, trade and tariff, and reform of global institutions such as the UN Security Council and the Bretton Woods Institutions. "We condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025, during which 26 people were killed and many more injured. We reaffirm our commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, terrorism financing and safe havens," the leaders said in the declaration. "We urge to ensure zero tolerance for terrorism and reject double standards in countering terrorism," the Brics declaration said. "We emphasise the primary responsibility of states in combating terrorism and that global efforts to prevent and counter terrorist threats must fully comply with their obligations under international law," it said. The Brics resolved to further deepen counter-terrorism cooperation and called for concerted actions against all UN designated terrorists and terrorist entities. The grouping also called for an expeditious finalisation and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the UN framework. The declaration condemned all acts of terrorism as "criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation". The Brics said it is committed to combating illicit financial flows, including money laundering and financing of terrorism, extremism and proliferation, and other forms of transnational organised crime, including the use of new technologies and cryptocurrencies for terrorist purposes. It also expressed concern over ongoing conflicts in many parts of the world and the current state of "polarisation and fragmentation" in the international order. The grouping specifically condemned recent military strikes against Iran. "We condemn the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since June 13, which constitute a violation of international law and the Charter of the UN," it said in the declaration. "We further express serious concern over deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under full safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," it added. The Brics' declaration said the multilateral trading system is at a crossroads. "The proliferation of trade-restrictive actions, whether in the form of indiscriminate rising of tariffs and nontariff to further reduce global trade, disrupt global supply chains, and introduce uncertainty into international economic and trade activities," it said. The grouping voiced serious concerns about the rise of "unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures" which it said distorts trade and are inconsistent with WTO rules. "In this context, we reiterate our support for the rules-based, open, transparent, fair, inclusive, equitable, non-discriminatory, consensus-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, with special and differential treatment for its developing members," the declaration said. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin skipped the summit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Egypt's Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi also didn't attend the gathering. The Brics has emerged as an influential grouping as it brings together 11 major emerging economies of the world, representing around 49.5 per cent of the global population, around 40 per cent of the global GDP and around 26 per cent of the global trade. Brics, originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, expanded in 2024 to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, with Indonesia joining in 2025. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
India Today
07-07-2025
- Business
- India Today
BRICS condemns US tariffs, Iran strikes in Rio declaration
BRICS nations on Sunday issued a joint statement denouncing recent military strikes against Iran and criticising the rising use of unilateral tariffs by the United States. The grouping unveiled the "Rio de Janeiro Declaration," outlining its collective stance on a range of global issues including terrorism, global trade, and institutional leaders of the expanded BRICS bloc, now comprising 11 countries including newly inducted members like Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, and Indonesia, condemned what they termed as "indiscriminate rising of tariffs," warning that such measures threaten to destabilise global trade and economic proliferation of trade-restrictive actions, whether in the form of indiscriminate rising of tariffs and nontariff to further reduce global trade, disrupt global supply chains, and introduce uncertainty into international economic and trade activities," the declaration stated. The grouping voiced "serious concerns" over unilateral tariff actions, calling them inconsistent with World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms. 'In this context, we reiterate our support for the rules-based, open, transparent, fair, inclusive, equitable, non-discriminatory, consensus-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, with special and differential treatment for its developing members,' the BRICS declaration a firm stand on military escalations, BRICS condemned the strikes on Iran carried out since June 13, asserting that they violate international law. "We condemn the military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran since June 13, which constitute a violation of international law and the Charter of the UN," the declaration said. It also raised "serious concern over deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under full safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."On terrorism, the grouping strongly denounced the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives. 'We condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025, during which 26 people were killed and many more injured. We reaffirm our commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, terrorism financing and safe havens,' the leaders declaration stressed a zero-tolerance policy on terrorism. 'We urge to ensure zero tolerance for terrorism and reject double standards in countering terrorism,' it declaration called for the adoption of the long-pending Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and labelled all acts of terrorism as 'criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation.'The leaders also expressed concern over illicit financial flows, money laundering, terrorism financing, and the use of new technologies and cryptocurrencies for extremist activities.- EndsWith inputs from PTI IN THIS STORY#BRICS
Egypt Today
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Today
Tehran accuses US of ‘launching dangerous war' after strikes on Iran nuclear facilities
CAIRO – 22 June 2025: Tehran accused the United States of 'betraying diplomacy' and launching a 'dangerous war' against Iran after the US announced on Sunday 'obliterating' key Iranian nuclear facilities. The Iranian foreign ministry in a statement said the Iranian state is 'resolved to defend Iran's territory, sovereignty, security and people by all force and means against the United States' criminal aggression.' The ministry said the attack exposes 'Washington's criminal complicity with the Zionist regime in orchestrating and waging a war against Iran.' "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home.… — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 21, 2025 US President Donald Trump announced today a 'very successful' attack on Iran's nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan, claiming that key enrichment facilities there were 'totally and completely obliterated.' Trump warned Iran that any retaliation 'will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed tonight.' The Iranian foreign ministry condemned the US 'brutal military aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities,' describing the attacks as 'a grave and unprecedented violation' of the Charter of the UN and the international law. The US attack came amidst a war between Israel and Iran, which Tel Aviv initiated on 13 June, bombing nuclear and military sites in Iran and assassinating key military officials and senior nuclear scientists. The Israeli strikes, which have been supported by the US, disrupted US-Iran talks that aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear enrichment. Last week, we were in negotiations with the US when Israel decided to blow up that diplomacy. This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy. What conclusion would you draw? To Britain and the EU High Rep, it is Iran which must "return"… — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 22, 2025 'The world must not forget that it was the United States that, in the midst of a diplomatic process, betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal and lawbreaking Israeli regime to impose a war of aggression on the Iranian nation,' the Iranian foreign ministry's statement read. 'Now, in completion of that regime's unlawful and criminal acts, the United States itself has launched a dangerous war against the Islamic Republic of Iran.'
