❗TASS News Roundup, September 12:

▪President Putin paid a working visit to India to participate in the 18th BRICS summit

▪BRICS nations have unanimously adopted the final declaration of the 18th summit in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced

▪Xi Jinping announced that China will assume the BRICS chairmanship in 2027 and host the group's 19th summit, China Central Television reported

▪Russia is ready to negotiate with Kiev, but will not halt its special military operation while the negotiations are ongoing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said

▪The death toll from a powerful landslide in Nepal near the border with China has risen to 1,386, China Central Television reported, citing Nepalese authorities

▪The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified a trove of data related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.