Vrinda Sahai

“[BRICS is] a group that came into being [for] bringing reforms in the existing financial and global governance architectures. It was not something that was aimed at solving geopolitical issues ... It gets conflated with Russia and China's border issues, but that is not what the group is trying to solve,”

Vrinda Sahai · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

Sahai noted that BRICS was created to bring reforms to financial and global governance architectures, not to solve geopolitical issues.

“This is a really crucial moment,”

Vrinda Sahai · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

Sahai told CNBC that Xi's first visit to India since 2019 represents a crucial moment for bilateral relations.

“It's a great opportunity to use the BRICS summit as an excuse to have a really substantive bilateral meeting.”

Vrinda Sahai · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-11

Sahai told CNBC that the BRICS summit presents an opportunity for a substantive bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi.