More than 50 countries to join BRICS
 The expansion of BRICS to include countries that want to join the grouping could see it expand to include more than 50 countries, Professor Anil Sooklal, Ambassador-at-Large for Asia and BRICS and South Africa's BRICS Sherpa said, according to Independent Online (IOL). 
More than 50 countries to join BRICS
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More than 50 countries to join BRICS

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Eurasia 22/07/2023 23:36

The expansion of BRICS to include countries that want to join the grouping could see it expand to include more than 50 countries, Professor Anil Sooklal, Ambassador-at-Large for Asia and BRICS and South Africa's BRICS Sherpa said, according to Independent Online (IOL).

Sooklal said many countries, including Egypt, the UAE, Indonesia and Argentina, are coalescing around BRICS and wanting to become members, the South African news site added.

The BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and hosts South Africa will gather next month at the Sandton Convention Centre in Gauteng for the 15th summit, it recalled. 

Sooklal said the issue of a BRICS currency or “de-dollarisation” was not on the agenda of the summit. "We will expand on addressing the idea of deepening interaction in trading in local currencies. Countries want to have greater flexibility and to be less dependent on the dollar.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit in South Africa from August 22 to 24, according to a statement issued by the presidential office of the host country announced, according to China Daily.  "By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the summit but the Russian Federation will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov," the statement read. The Kremlin said Putin will participate in the summit by video call.

South Africa is ready to host the summit and is confident the event will be successful, the country's presidential office said.

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