Lavrov backs BRICS pause Consensus and chair rotation

May 14–15

After Dynkin invites Samir Saran's question about BRICS enlargement and its agenda, Lavrov describes adaptation after membership doubled from five to ten and supports avoiding further expansion for another couple of years. He says partners can participate meanwhile and later enlargement remains possible. Recalling the foreign ministers' meeting in India, he says Iran and the UAE exchanged heated views about the Gulf but a joint document was nevertheless produced; he does not claim their conflict was resolved. He opposes a rigid, bureaucratic BRICS organization, favors agendas set by the rotating chair with continuity between chairs and cites ongoing work on Russia's Kazan initiatives during India's chairmanship. This is his explanation and endorsement of the approach, not a newly adopted June 24 membership decision or a completed future enlargement.

Lavrov recalls a difficult Iran–UAE exchange about the Gulf during the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in India. He says emotional assessments from both sides nevertheless allowed production of a joint document. This is his retrospective description of the discussion and outcome, not evidence that the bilateral conflict was resolved or every statement was agreed.