Johnathan Paoli
South African President and Chair of BRICS, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced on Thursday the new list of BRICS members, to take effect from 1 January 2024.
The Argentine Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to become full members.
This follows on a year-long process, deliberations and recommendations regarding consensus between the current BRICS member state leaders on membership expansion.
Speaking at the BRICS open session at the Sandton Convention Centre in Joburg on Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister, Modi, said India fully supports the expansion of BRICS membership to countries who have applied to join the block.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the five Brics countries reached “broad consensus” on expansion.
Chinese Ambassador to South Africa, Chen Xiaodong, said that China has always been actively pushing
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