BRICS Leaders Adopt Declaration of Their Summit in Johannesburg
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The BRICS leaders adopted a declaration of their 15th summit in Johannesburg, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.
According to the document, six new members, namely Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, will join BRICS next year, TASS reported.
The BRICS summit is taking place in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24.
South Africa serves as the rotating chair of the BRICS group this year. The country’s BRICS Sherpa Anil Suklal said earlier that about 30 countries were seeking to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.
The inclusion of new members into the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will further strengthen it as an organization and give it a new impetus, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a press conference on the results of the association’s 15th summit on Thursday.
"India has always believed that the addition of new members will further strengthen BRICS as an organization and it will give our shared efforts a new impetus," Modi said.
Modi congratulated the leaders and peoples of the countries that were joining BRICS.
