UN Secretary-General António Guterres is invited to address an open session at the BRICS summit in India, focusing on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability for inclusive global growth. He is expected to attend the summit’s open events as part of the broader discussions on international cooperation.

The summit is scheduled for September 12–13 in New Delhi, according to reports. One outlet highlights that the UN chief will use the platform to stress themes connected to multipolarity and to call for reforms to the UN Security Council. The other source focuses on the timing and logistics of his travel to New Delhi ahead of the summit.

Together, the reports indicate that Guterres’s participation is framed around global governance and cooperation priorities, with the summit’s agenda linking long-term development themes and calls for changes in key multilateral institutions.