Presidents of all African countries are invited to the BRICS summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to be held in Johannesburg in August. Anil Suklal, Ambassador to Asia and BRICS at the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this at a briefing.
According to him, the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaposa, decided to invite all the leaders of African countries in cooperation with the BRICS. All have been invited.
He noted that in 2023, South Africa chairs the BRICS, paying particular attention to Africa and the search for new forms of partnership.
Meles Alem, former official representative of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedThe republic said it hopes the BRICS member states will make a positive decision on its application to join the association.
The representative of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed his hope that the BRICS countries will respond positively to the application of the republic.
Speaking beforehand about the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s participation in the BRICS summit (August 22-24), South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said that Moscow has not yet responded whether the president will come to the meeting.
Before Putin declaration“the frog is on our side”.