Moscow to Reveal Full List of BRICS New Partner States by Year-End

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates became members of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on January 1, 2024.

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Moscow intends to release the complete list of the BRICS group’s new partner states before the end of the year, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.

"We expect to publish the complete list of the countries that will become BRICS partners before Russia’s chairmanship ends at the end of the year. I cannot name these countries at this point because it will be at odds with the course of action that we agreed on with other BRICS members and have been pursuing since the Kazan Summit," he said, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said following the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan that the list of the group’s partner states had been agreed on. However, the list wasn’t made public. The Russian leader explained that first, invitations would be sent to those countries and once they gave a positive response, the countries’ names would be announced.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates became members of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on January 1, 2024. Brazil will take over the BRICS chairmanship next year.