Majid al-Qasabi, Head of the Ministry of Commerce of Saudi Arabia, said that the country received an invitation to join BRICS, but is not yet a member of the association. The minister said this while speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the pan-Arab television channel reported. Al Arabiya.
Answering a question from journalists, al-Kasabi noted that the kingdom was invited to BRICS but has not yet officially joined.
Therefore, the minister denied the information provided by the state television channel Al Ekhbariya, which claimed that the kingdom was officially a member of BRICS. The channel later removed messages about the country joining BRICS from its social media accounts.
At the BRICS summit held in Johannesburg on 22-24 August 2023, it was decided that Argentina, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will join the club as of January 1, 2024.
29 December Argentina denied A few days before joining the BRICS membership.
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