BRICS flags Strait of Hormuz as Middle East tensions squeeze energy supply chains
A joint statement from BRICS nations, including Iran, the United Arab Emirates, India, and China, placed the group's concern squarely on rising Middle East tensions and the supply-chain disruptions that have followed. The bloc called for maximum restraint from all parties and urged dialogue and diplomacy as the path to lasting peace, security, and stability. The Strait of Hormuz is named explicitly in the statement as a chokepoint of direct concern for the flow of global trade, energy, and supply chains.
Key takeaways
- A joint BRICS statement — including Iran, the UAE, India, and China — expressed concern over rising Middle East tensions and the resulting supply-chain disruptions.
- The statement explicitly names the Strait of Hormuz as a chokepoint of direct concern for global trade, energy, and supply chains.
- BRICS called for maximum restraint from all parties and urged dialogue and diplomacy to achieve lasting peace, security, and stability.
- The bloc noted the conflict has already disrupted regional trade and lifted global crude, fuel, and gas prices, pressuring major energy importers India and China.
- BRICS condemned attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities, widening the scope of what it considers an escalatory threshold.
A joint statement from BRICS nations, including Iran, the United Arab Emirates, India, and China, placed the group's concern squarely on rising Middle East tensions and the supply-chain disruptions that have followed. The bloc called for maximum restraint from all parties and urged dialogue and diplomacy as the path to lasting peace, security, and stability. The Strait of Hormuz is named explicitly in the statement as a chokepoint of direct concern for the flow of global trade, energy, and supply chains.
Supply chains and the energy import bill
The conflict has already disrupted regional trade and lifted global crude, fuel, and gas prices, according to the joint statement. That move creates economic pressure for major energy importers, a category the statement names directly: India and China. Both are BRICS members and among the world's largest buyers of seaborne crude, so the group is partly speaking to the exposure inside its own bloc. The framing is operational rather than purely diplomatic. When a group that includes an energy exporter, Iran, and two of the largest energy importers on the planet issues a joint call to preserve supply-chain corridors, the signal worth watching is not the language but the shared economic interest behind it.
BRICS also condemned attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities. The explicit mention of nuclear facilities alongside civilian infrastructure widens the scope of what the group considers an escalatory threshold and names two categories of asset that would carry significant consequences for regional energy capacity if disrupted.
What to watch
Strait of Hormuz throughput is the physical variable that connects this statement to the broader commodity picture. Any narrowing of flow through that corridor would tighten supply for the importers the statement names. The group's call for increased international cooperation to prevent further escalation stops short of naming a mechanism or a multilateral forum, which leaves the Strait of Hormuz question, and the commodity prices attached to it, unresolved.
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Filed by the newsroom of MarketPR on September 12, 2026. Source: MarketPR newsroom. Indicative figures are not investment advice.