India has tried to diplomatically balance the two sides, Iran and the UAE, as it flagged disruptions to energy infrastructure as well as unilateral sanctions. (File Photo/X/S Jaishankar)

With no consensus emerging on the diplomatic language for the ongoing West Asia conflict at the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, India on Friday issued a chair’s statement aimed at striking a balance between the divergent positions of Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to the statement issued after the two-day BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, “There were differing views among some members as regard to the situation in the West Asia/Middle East region.…