Six more countries join the Brics bloc
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Argentina are set to join the group next year
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) delivers the XV Brics summit declaration flanked by from left, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, August 24, 2023
SIX more countries are to join the Brics bloc of developing economies, the increasingly influential organisation announced today.
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Argentina are to be invited to become members of Brics, whose name is formed of the first letters of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the nations currently comprising the bloc, from next year.
The announcement was made at a Johannesburg summit of the bloc by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose country chairs Brics at present.
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