Nearly two dozen countries have formally asked to be admitted to the bloc.
The question of enlarging BRICS has topped the agenda at the bloc’s Aug 22-24 summit in South Africa.
They are seeking to use the Aug 22-24 summit in South Africa’s commercial capital Johannesburg to forge the grouping, which also includes Brazil and India, into a counterweight to the West. The question of enlarging BRICS has topped the agenda at the summit and exposed the kinds of divergence of vision that have long plagued the grouping.
An Indian official familiar with yesterday evening’s discussions between the leaders said Modi indicated his country was open to expansion but “there have to be ground rules about how it should happen and who can join”.More than 40 countries have expressed interest in joining BRICS, say South African officials. Of them, nearly two dozen have formally asked to be admitted.
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