The Delhi Declaration the outcome document of the BRICS summit on Thursday will put forward the contrarian view on Syria and Iran that will be against the drumbeats of war being propounded by the Western countries,government sources told The Indian Express on Wednesday night. The West has been pushing for military intervention in the two countries. Negotiators from India,China,Russia,Brazil and South Africa have arrived at a common position on the situation in these countries in West Asia,sources said. The issue became tricky after India recently voted with the Western powers on Syria at the United Nations Security Council,while China and Russia had blocked a consensus. While not disclosing the exact formulation,the sources said there will be a balanced and nuanced position on the West Asian region,which is being said to be the other view. There is a lot of congruence between the BRICS countries on this issue, sources said. The Delhi Declaration and a BRICS report focussing on the synergies and complementarities of the BRICS countries will be released after the leaders meet on Thursday. At the summit,during which India will take over the chairmanship of BRICS,the member countries are expected to sign two enabling agreements Master Agreement on Extending Credit Facilities in Local Currency and another one on local credit facility. The leaders have been arriving since Tuesday for the fourth Summit,which is themed BRICS Partnership for Global Stability,Security and Prosperity. After the summit,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold bilateral talks with the leaders,including the Chinese President,that will cover various issues including bridging the trade deficit and fast-tracking the new confidence-building measures. In the meeting,India is expected to raise the issue of huge imbalance in bilateral trade which has exceeded about US$70 billion,with the surplus heavily in Chinas favour. Singh will also hold bilateral talks with the Russian President during which civil nuclear cooperation and other strategic issues are likely to figure.
