By the end of August, BRICS is expected to welcome new members as 22 nations have formally requested to become full-time members of the group.
A planned announcement on the expansion of BRICS at a forthcoming summit in South Africa will mark a significant change in the global order, the nation’s ambassador to the five-nation bloc said, even as some of its members push back against new admissions.
China favours a rapid expansion of the bloc, which will require consensus among its members. But it has encountered opposition from India – which wants strict rules on how and when other nations could move closer to the group without formally enlarging it – and from Brazil, which is wary of alienating the US and European Union, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.
A decision on whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend has yet to be taken, although necessary security arrangements have been made and other pre-visit formalities have been completed, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. “This will be the largest gathering in recent times of countries from the Global South coming together to discuss the current global challenges,” he said.
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