Ambassador Ozerov announced the desire of a number of African countries to join the BRICS 09:17

Oleg Ozerov, Head of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum and Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said in an interview: DEA Newsthat some African countries expressed their desire to join the BRICS.

“Of course there is such a movement,” said the diplomat, without specifying which countries he was referring to.

BRICS is an interstate association, an alliance of five states: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Several other states, including Argentina and Iran, intend to join the economic bloc.

In January, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declarationAt the BRICS summit at the end of August 2023, they will discuss creating their own currency as part of the association.

Political scientist Leonardo Paz Neves of the Brazilian think tank Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) gave an ideaIt will take a long time for the BRICS union countries to establish a single accounting currency and reject the dollar.



Source: Gazeta

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