BRICS FM Summit Day 2: India Reaffirms No Bilateral With Pakistan; Ceasefire Holds at 369 Days

The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Summit continued on May 14, 2026 in New Delhi, with EAM S. Jaishankar presiding. The summit's second day remained dominated by the Iran-UAE military confrontation. Al Jazeera's reporting on the meeting highlighted that India's diplomatic hosting of the summit underscores New Delhi's growing global role even while the India-Pakistan bilateral relationship remains completely frozen one year after Operation Sindoor. No India-Pakistan diplomatic contact occurred on or around the summit sidelines — India's stated condition for resuming talks (Pakistan dismantling cross-border terrorist infrastructure) has not been met. The ceasefire brokered on May 10, 2025 reached its 369th day with no major kinetic incident along the Line of Control. US Senator Lindsey Graham, appearing before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on May 13–14, expressed skepticism about Pakistan's geopolitical neutrality and questioned Islamabad's alignment after CBS News reported Iranian aircraft sheltered at Pakistani airbases during the US-Iran confrontation. The Indus Waters Treaty remains suspended; mutual airspace closures remain in force through May 24; no ambassadors are exchanged. The situation is characterized by multiple analysts as 'technical peace' — ceasefire holding but zero normalization.