2023-05-21 17:02:00
“Formal and informal applications to join the BRICS keep coming in. There are applications almost every week,” he said. Anil Suklal to the Russian media.
In an interview with an Indian television channel in April, the ambassador reported that 19 countries intended to join the economic-trade association, of which 13 had applied. However, he now mentioned 30 countries.
The news portal New Zimbabwe reported, citing internal BRICS documents, that Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, ArgentinaBahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, NicaraguaNigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe in some way or another have expressed interest in joining the group.
However, they all have to wait for the BRICS members to agree on the fundamental concept of the enlargement of the group. This is what the association does now.
Suklal stressed that the task of drawing up the principles, norms, criteria and rules for the enlargement of the BRICS was set in 2022 by the leaders of the group following their summit held under the Chinese presidency.
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