BRICS to look at expansion as Russia proposes to add 10 partner countries
After adding five full-time members, the BRICS grouping may see another expansion with Russia proposing to add 10 “partner countries”. India is yet to decide its stance on the proposal. 
BRICS to look at expansion as Russia proposes to add 10 partner countries
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BRICS to look at expansion as Russia proposes to add 10 partner countries

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Eurasia 02/07/2024 09:21

After adding five full-time members, the BRICS grouping may see another expansion with Russia proposing to add 10 “partner countries”. India is yet to decide its stance on the proposal. 

On January 1, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates joined BRICS, making it a 10-member bloc, while Argentina has pulled out of its plans to join the grouping,  Business Standard reported.
 
“Russia wants to create a partner-country group. Each country has been asked to give a list of 10 countries out of the 33 countries that have applied to join BRICS. The common 10 countries may become the partner countries. That is the proposal. We have to take a call whether we are okay with that or not,” a government official said requesting anonymity.
 
Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela, Cuba, Nigeria, and Kenya are among the key countries keen to join BRICS. India is opposed to Pakistan joining BRICS as it fears bilateral issues will creep into the forum. Also, India believes the character of BRICS as a grouping of emerging market economies should be preserved.  

A BRICS membership raises a country's international profile, signalling its growing importance and influence in global affairs, say experts.
 
After the BRICS foreign ministers meeting last month at Nizhny Novgorod city, Russia, a joint statement noted that there was “considerable interest” of emerging markets and developing countries in joining BRICS. “They discussed the partner-country model in line with paragraph 92 of the Johannesburg II Declaration. They reviewed the progress on the relevant preparations to be reported to the BRICS Leaders by the XVI Summit in Kazan (in October),” the joint statement added.
 
At the Johannesburg declaration under South African presidency in 2023, BRICS countries tasked the foreign ministers to further develop the BRICS partner-country model, a list of prospective partner countries, and share a report before the Russian Summit.

Russia has made “developing modalities for interaction with BRICS partner-countries” one of its key priorities for the Kazan Summit.

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