At a Summit meeting, the five-nation grouping BRICS expressed worries over the situation in Syria and called for an immediate end to all violence.
Concerned over the situation developing around Iran's nuclear issue, India, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa on Thursday warned any military action could result in "disastrous consequences" and pushed for dialogue and diplomatic efforts to resolve the problem.
At a Summit meeting in Delhi, the five-nation grouping BRICS also expressed worries over the situation in Syria and called for an immediate end to all violence and violations of human rights while seeking solutions only through Syrian-led inclusive political process.
"We are concerned about the situation that is emerging around Iran's nuclear issue," said a Joint Declaration issued after the meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and South African President Jacob Zuma in Delhi.
"The situation concerning Iran cannot be allowed to escalate into a conflict, the disastrous consequences of which will be in no one's interest," it said.
The leaders said they "recognize" Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy consistent with its international obligations.
They supported resolution of the issues involved through political and diplomatic means and dialogue between the parties concerned, including between the IAEA and Iran and in accordance with the provisions of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions.
"Iran has a crucial role to play for the peaceful development and prosperity of a region of high political and economic relevance and we look to it to play its part as a responsible member of the global community," they said.
The leaders of BRICS countries also discussed the situation in Syria and expressed deep concern over it.
"Global interests would best be served by dealing with the crisis through peaceful means that encourage broad national dialogues that reflect the legitimate aspirations of all sections of Syrian society and respect Syrian independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty," the Declaration said.
"Our objective is to facilitate a Syrian-led inclusive political process and we welcome the joint efforts of the United Nations and the Arab League to this end," it said.
The grouping asked the Syrian government and all sections of Syrian society to "demonstrate the political will to initiate such a process, which alone can create a new environment for peace."
The Russian President underlined that there should be no foreign intervention in Syrian affairs and the perception that the issue could be addressed militarily only is "doomed to fail".
Rousseff also opposed any unilateral military action against Syria.
The BRICS countries were divided over a West-sponsored resolution on Syria at the UN recently, with India voting in favour of it and Russia and China against.
In the Declaration today, the BRICS countries supported the efforts being made by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in bringing about a political resolution of the crisis.
The BRICS leaders said the "period of transformation" taking place in the Middle East and North Africa should not be used as a pretext to delay resolution of lasting conflicts like Arab-Israel problem, but rather it should serve as an incentive to settle them.
"Resolution of this and other long-standing regional issues would generally improve the situation in the Middle East and North Africa," they said.
They asked Palestinians and Israelis to take "constructive measures, rebuild mutual trust and create the right conditions for restarting negotiations, while avoiding unilateral steps, in particular settlement activity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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