January 17, 2026 6:36 PM
MEA clarifies India did not participate in ‘BRICS Naval Exercise’
India on Saturday clarified that it did not participate in a so-called “BRICS Naval Exercise”, stating that the exercise was not an institutionalised BRICS activity, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. Responding to media queries, MEA's Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the exercise in question was entirely a South African initiative in which only some BRICS members took part. He underlined that it was neither a regular nor a formal BRICS exercise and that n...