Iran speaker to skip Delhi Brics meet due to 'unforeseen circumstances'

Iranian Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf will not attend the Brics parliamentary forum in New Delhi due to "certain unforeseen circumstances", the Iranian embassy in India said on X.

Qalibaf was scheduled to attend the Meeting of Speakers of the parliaments of Brics member countries.

The embassy said an Iranian parliamentary delegation would participate in the meeting, adding that Iran, as a Brics member, “reaffirms its commitment to active and effective participation at the highest levels in the summits and meetings of this grouping”.