BRICS

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a Brics family photo in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 August. Photo: REUTERS
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BRICS: The West reacts to plans for enlargement

The BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — want to add six new members to their group on 1 January 2024. The West is playing it cool.

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BRICS expansion could hinder the bloc's geopolitical aspirations

Photo of leaders at the BRICS meeting in South Africa this week. Photographer: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe
Bloomberg Special

BRICS shows it's little more than a meaningless acronym

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters
China

China's Xi pledges to support Africa's industrialisation at BRICS

South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speaks during his 2023 budget speech in Cape Town, South Africa, February 22, 2023. REUTERS/Shelley Christians/File Photo
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BRICS payment system would not replace SWIFT: S Africa finance minister

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and President of China Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 24 August 2023. Photo: Pool via REUTERS/Marco Longari
South Asia

Modi and Xi meet at BRICS, agree to direct officials to quickly resolve border dispute

BRICS PLUS: China proposes new name as member states agree on expansion
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BRICS PLUS: China proposes new name as member states agree on expansion

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Hilton Sandton hotel in South Africa's Johannesburg. Photo: PMO
Bangladesh

Xi assures Bangladesh of support in joining BRICS, solving Rohingya issue

China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend a BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Nic Bothma
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BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a Brics family photo in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23 August. Photo: REUTERS
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Hegemonism not in China's DNA, Xi says justifying speedy Brics expansion

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South African president to announce new BRICS members on Thursday

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BRICS expansion faces eleventh hour hurdle as divisions persist

File photo. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily
Bangladesh

PM Hasina holds bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping