Geostrategic Daily

The Hindu BusinessLine · 12 September 2026

BRICS countries emphasis on maintaining undisrupted energy flows, protecting critical infra

The BRICS nations unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration. The declaration highlights the need to maintain undisrupted energy flows and protect critical energy infrastructure, including cross-border infrastructure, and expresses deep concern over the escalation in West Asia.

Why it matters: The declaration's emphasis on energy security shows that emerging economies view undisrupted energy flows and critical infrastructure protection as central to economic development and geoeconomic stability.

supply chain risk · chokepoint infrastructure · great power rivalry

Record

Source
The Hindu BusinessLine (tier 1)
Published
12 September 2026
Link
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/brics-countries-emphasis-on-maintaining-undisrupted-energy-flows-protecting-critical-infra/article71460331.ece
Content depth
full
Regions
americas, asia-pacific, europe-eurasia-mena, sub-saharan-africa
Subregions
china, russia, brazil-southern-cone, southern-africa, south-asia
Actors
BRICS
Edition
2026-09-13

Grounding

Verbatim spans from the source text that support the summary above.

unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration
maintaining undisrupted flows of energy from diverse sources, strengthening value chains, ensuring resilience and protection of critical energy infrastructure, including cross-border infrastructure
expressed deep concern over the escalation in West Asia