FM Gedion Meets PM Narendra Modi on Margins of BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting

Addis Ababa, May 14, 2026 —Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting today.

The Minister is taking part in the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting in New Delhi  under the theme: "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability."

Addressing the meeting earlier, the Minister underscored the urgent need for coordinated multilateral efforts to build a global order that equitably serves all nations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He also underscored the need for urgently resolving the current global crisis. Failure in this resolve will lead to adverse economic and financial consequences and social instability that cannot be contained within national borders.

FM Gedion further emphasized that BRICS must play an instrumental role in the pursuit of peace, and to champion collective security and development as the cornerstone of a just and stable international system.