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Saudi Arabia and UAE among six countries invited to join BRICS group
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 24 - 08 - 2023

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to become members of the BRICS group of developing nations in its first expansion in over a decade.
Also joining next year will be Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and Argentina, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday as he wrapped up the annual summit of the group in Johannesburg.
All the countries invited had already expressed an interest in joining.
"The membership will take effect from the first of January, 2024," Ramaphosa said.
The group currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
In a video message, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the new BRICS members, adding that the bloc's global influence would continue to grow.
"I would like to congratulate the new members who will work in a full-scale format next year," Putin said.
"And I would like to assure all our colleagues that we will continue the work that we started today on expanding the influence of BRICS in the world. [By that] I mean establishing practical work with new members and with those who will work in the BRICS outreach with our partners and would like to work with us," the Russian president added.
Putin also said the issue of a common currency for BRICS countries was a "difficult question" but added "we will move towards solving these problems."
China's President Xi Jinping called the bloc's expansion "historic," reflecting its determination to "unite and cooperate with developing countries."
"[It will] inject new impetus into the BRICS cooperation mechanism and further strengthen the power of world peace and development," Jinping said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also welcomed the expansion, saying his country had always believed that adding new members would strengthen the bloc.
BRICS held its first summit in 2009 with four members and then added South Africa the following year. It launched its New Development Bank in 2015.
The United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan said on X, formerly Twitter: "We appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group." — CNN


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