Overview
- BRICS leaders issued the New Delhi Declaration endorsing a two-state solution that recognizes a sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and backing full UN membership for Palestine.
- The declaration urged an end to occupation of Palestinian and Lebanese territories and specifically called on Israel to withdraw forces from areas of southern Lebanon while urging full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
- BRICS condemned forced displacement, attacks on civilians, starvation as a method of warfare, and obstruction of aid, and it reaffirmed support for UNRWA while citing provisional measures from the ICJ case brought by South Africa.
- Palestinian authorities welcomed the declaration and market and policy analysts say the BRICS backing could increase diplomatic momentum for wider recognition of Palestine even though major Western states have not changed their official positions.
- The statement does not by itself change legal status or automatic recognition by individual countries and its practical impact will depend on follow-up actions by governments, diplomats, and international bodies as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank continues to drive urgency for solutions.