Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia have been invited to join the BRICS economic bloc.
The BRICS group of emerging economies has agreed to invite Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran to join the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday.
ADVERTISEMENTThe group currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
“We have reached an agreement on the BRICS expansion process,” Ramaphosa said on the final day of the group’s 15th Summit of Heads of State and Government in Johannesburg, which began on Tuesday.
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