On January 1, Russia began its BRICS presidency. This was reported by TASS.
In addition, five new members of the association are starting full-fledged operations: Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia.
During Moscow’s presidency, approximately 200 events will be held, 10 of which will be at ministerial level.
Before that, Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov commented The Telegram channel includes Argentina’s new President Javier Miley’s decision to deny the country’s entry into BRICS.
The senator described the Latin American country’s decision to abandon BRICS as a sign of a pattern of pro-American behavior.
29 December Argentina denied A few days before joining BRICS. Buenos Aires considers the economic benefits of the Commonwealth to be unclear and does not want to be in the same bloc with the “communists” and Iran.
Previously BRICS extended Up to 11 countries.