BRICS bloc adds six new members

Voice of America
24 Aug 2023

The BRICS group of emerging economies has admitted six new members, its leaders announced on the final day of the bloc’s 2023 Summit held in Johannesburg. Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were announced as the new members added to the bloc starting from January 2024. In this interview with Voice of America, SAIIA’s Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Steven Gruzd says some of the countries ‘make strange diplomatic bedfellows’.

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