ER Editor: Latest BRICS news. A large number of new countries are coming on board as per these RT reports below.
Notice that these new members or ‘partners’ are suddenly flocking in around the time of Trump’s re-election.
See this from the end of last month —
BRICS grows, adding 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic summit in Kazan, Russia
See Lavrov’s comments on Africa from 2 days ago —
Africa experiencing ‘second awakening’ – Lavrov
Of note:
There is a “second awakening” taking place across Africa as the continent seeks economic sovereignty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
In an interview with journalist Marina Kim for the ‘New World’ project on Thursday, Lavrov said there was a growing determination among African nations to break away from economic dependence on the West, which he accused of perpetuating neocolonial practices by extracting Africa’s resources without returning added value. …
He believes that, while many African nations gained political independence decades ago, they remain economically tied to Western companies that control resource extraction and value-added processes. Lavrov criticized the “pure neocolonialism” that sees Africa’s natural resources, including rare earth metals and uranium, being extracted by Western companies that retain profits abroad.
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New BRICS partner state named
Indonesia is now a partner of the economic bloc, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin has said
RT
Indonesia has been awarded “partner status” by the BRICS economic group, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin said on Friday. Russian media reports said that Malaysia and Thailand also received the designation.
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Pankin made the statement on Thursday while addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting in Lima, Peru.
Speaking about the BRICS Summit hosted by Russia in Kazan last month, Pankin said it had “demonstrated the desire of the world majority to establish a just world order, carry out reforms of international institutions, and build equitable economic ties.”
The deputy FM said that an “impressive” set of agreements on trade, investment, artificial intelligence, energy and climate, as well as logistics were made during the summit. “Indonesia, an APEC member state, has become a BRICS partner country,” he said.
The new ‘partner country’ status was approved at the Kazan meeting and is intended to serve as an alternative to membership after more than 30 nations applied to join the organization.
Russian media quoted Pankin as saying that Malaysia and Thailand had also become partners, but the two nations were not named in the foreign ministry’s statement.
BRICS was initially comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and expanded when Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates officially became members on January 1, 2024.
Earlier this week, Russian ally Belarus announced that it had also officially become a BRICS partner country. In a statement, Minsk described the organization as “a pillar of a multipolar world” that gives many nations “hope for a fairer world order.”
On Thursday, Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda revealed that her nation had received an invitation from Russia to become a partner country of BRICS. “We responded positively to this invitation,” she said.
The list of aspiring partners has not been officially announced, but media reports have also mentioned Algeria, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Türkiye, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam as potential candidates.
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Latin American nation invited to become BRICS partner – FM
Bolivia has “responded positively” to the offer, Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda has said
RT
Bolivia has received an invitation from Russia to become a partner country of the BRICS economic group, the Latin American nation’s foreign minister, Celinda Sosa Lunda, has said.
Sosa Lunda made the announcement on Wednesday during an interview with TASS news agency on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.
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“Today, we have received an invitation from the Russian Foreign Minister [Sergey Lavrov]. We were invited as a BRICS partner country. We responded positively to this invitation,” she said.
The foreign minister called BRICS “a new alternative” that will “strengthen mechanisms of multilateral cooperation” and help Bolivia and many other nations to develop.
“Many countries in the past were dependent on financing that had been provided under strict conditions. This led to poverty, not to a change and wealth,” she said, apparently referring to loans issued by the International Monetary Fund. The global financial institution lends money to nations on condition that they introduce reforms and austerity policies that reduce government spending and raise taxes.
“We are truly grateful to the President of brotherly Russia [Vladimir Putin] for supporting Bolivia’s participation in BRICS,” Sosa Lunda said.
The new ‘partner country’ status was approved during the BRICS Summit hosted by Russia, which chairs the group this year, in the city of Kazan last month. It is intended to serve as an alternative to membership after more than 30 nations applied to join the organization.
BRICS was initially been comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and expanded when Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates officially became members on January 1, 2024.
The list of aspiring partners has not been officially announced, but media reports have mentioned Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Türkiye, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam as potential candidates.
‘Partner country’ status provides for permanent participation in special sessions of BRICS summits and foreign ministers’ meetings, as well as other high-level events. Partners can also take part in the group’s outcome documents.
Earlier this week, Russian ally Belarus announced that it has officially become a BRICS partner country. In a statement, Minsk described the organization as “a pillar of a multipolar world” that gives many nations “hope for a fairer world order.”
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Russia’s closest ally becomes BRICS partner
Belarus has officially accepted the invitation, the Foreign Ministry in Minsk has confirmed
RT
Belarus has officially become a partner country of the BRICS economic bloc, the Foreign Ministry in Minsk announced in a statement on Monday. One of Russia’s closest allies, Belarus has become a target of Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov has delivered a letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and written by the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko, to Moscow’s ambassador in Minsk Boris Gryzlov, the ministry’s press service has said.
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In his letter, the Belarusian leader described BRICS as “a pillar of a multipolar world” that gives many countries “hope for a fairer world order.”
The new ‘partner country’ status was approved as a result of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan last month. It provides for permanent participation in special sessions of the bloc’s summits and foreign ministers’ meetings, as well as other high-level events. Partners may also join the BRICS outcome documents, thus expanding their geographical scope.
The partner status was devised as an alternative to membership, after more than 30 nations applied to join the bloc. BRICS had initially been comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and expanded when Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates officially became members earlier this year.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that summit participants had agreed on a list of potential candidates, with invitations to be sent shortly.
Although Russia, which holds BRICS chairmanship this year, has not officially released the list of aspiring partners, among the reported potential candidates are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkiye, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
”If the countries give a positive response, they will be granted the status of BRICS partners,” said Putin.
The delivery of Lukashenko’s personal response to the invitation makes Belarus’ partner status effective, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry stated.
During the Kazan summit last month, Lukashenko said that Minsk was ready to become an “active member” of the bloc.
“We fully share the BRICS philosophy. Belarus is coming to you with specific ideas and projects,” he proclaimed. The Belarusian leader had previously described BRICS as “a large step towards a multipolar world” and an eventual end of the West’s “global hegemony.”
According to President Putin, the BRICS group of emerging countries represents a “prototype of a new, free and non-bloc” form of relations between countries and peoples.
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