Iran was among six countries in the Middle East, South America, and Africa invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing countries on Thursday, during a summit in Johannesburg.
The BRICS bloc announced its first major expansion on Thursday since South Africa joined the grouping of nations in 2010, adding six powerful new members from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Check out Sputnik’s infographic to find out who they are.
brics summit today. it will mostly be closed to the media, but we do expect that there are going to be discussions around the possible expansion of the brics bloc. there are already some disagreements in terms of the criteria that is going to be used to ensure that applicants are allowed. we do know also that at least 20 other countries have applied formally to be part of the brics bloc, and that includes countries like nigeria, saudi arabia, argentina, and the uae. and we also know that the president of russia, vladimir putin, is going to be delivering another speech via video link at around 11 o clock this morning. he spoke yesterday about the de dollarisation of the brics bloc and also spoke about a possible use of a single currency within the region or the brics
that the conflict in the ukraine was as a result of the war that he says was unleashed by the west and its allies. and we also heard from president of china, president xi jinping, who spoke positively about the possible expansion of the brics bloc, saying that more countries needed to join the bloc to ensure that there is much more influence that the bloc currently enjoys. next. police in pakistan have arrested the owner and the operator of a cable car in which eight people were trapped on tuesday. they re being investigated for not having a permit, endangering lives, and negligence. one of those stuck in the cable car was rescued by helicopter, whilst the other seven were saved by local people. our correpondent aziz ullah khan sent this update. this is the area where a cable car
what is the view on all of that in south africa? south africa? well, the south africans, many south africa? well, the south africans, many of south africa? well, the south africans, many of them - south africa? well, the south africans, many of them are i south africa? well, the south i africans, many of them are quite excited about this because they say that south africa is showing that it also is a force to be reckoned with because it is in a grouping of emerging economies that want to be seen as a grouping that can actually take on the west and also part of the discussions that will be held at the discussions that will be held at the brics summit which starts in the next three hours is a possibility of a currency that will used by all the brics nations and of course that is to try and lessen the influence of the us dollar in global trade. there are many other the us dollar in global trade. there are many other countries the us dollar in global trade. there are many other cou