Brics nations considers new members ahead of summit
L-R: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Brics summit in Brasilia, Brazil on November 13, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS
More than 40 countries have expressed interested in joining the Brics group of nations, South Africa's top diplomat in charge of relations with the bloc said on Thursday.
South African Ambassador for Asia Anil Sooklal and officials from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation were addressing journalists in the main commercial city of Johannesburg, a day after South Africa confirmed Russia's Vladimir Putin would not attend the Brics summit due to take place on August 22-24.
