At the beginning of February, the proxies of the heads of the BRICS member countries began working on the concept of expanding the organization and the criteria for admitting new members, Anil Suklal, Ambassador General for Asia and the BRICS at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign of South Africa. , BRICS Sherpa from South Africa, said on February 14, TASS reports.
“At the meeting of Sherpas and Sous-Sherpas from the BRICS member countries held in South Africa in early February, we started discussing the issue of BRICS expansion”Suklal said.
He noted that this discussion is taking place as part of the implementation of the decision of the BRICS summit held in June 2022 to develop criteria for admitting new countries to the organization. According to him, the discussion participants have now agreed to develop and adopt the concept of BRICS expansion.
Suklal stressed that three more meetings are scheduled to agree on common criteria, principles and approaches for the expansion of the BRICS. They will pass in the next three months. Based on the results of the work, a report will be prepared, which will be considered by the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries. Their meeting will take place in June this year.
“Now a lot of work has started on the concept of BRICS expansion and the criteria for admitting new members”Suklal said.
Let’s remember that in 2006, Brazil, Russia, India and China created the BRIC group. In 2011, South Africa joined and the organization became known as BRICS. It will be chaired by South Africa in 2022.
In January 2022, the South African ambassador to Russia, Mzuvukile Maketuka, said that at the moment 13 countries want to join the BRICS. Six of them have already submitted official applications. These are Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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