The organization BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) may add five more states to its composition, the newspaper Izvestia reported, citing a source.
According to the newspaper, in addition to Argentina and Iran, whose plans to join the group was already known, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt may join.
President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand confirmed this information to Izvestia. According to her, the issue was raised during the organization’s summit, which took place in late June.
Anand said that all these countries have shown their interest in joining and are preparing to apply for membership.
As noted by the BRICS president, at a future summit of the group in South Africa, the question of including Iran, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Turkey may be raised. The meeting should take place in 2023, while the exact dates are not yet known.
She expressed hope that the accession of countries to the BRICS will happen very quickly, because now all the representatives of the nucleus of the association are interested in expanding.
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