Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday thanked the BRICS for inviting Egypt to join in as a new member state, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. “I highly value the BRICS’s invitation of Egypt to join the economic bloc as of January 2024, and we are proud of the confidence of all bloc countries in Egypt,” Sisi said. BRICS is the acronym for an emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Sisi’s remarks came shortly after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on the final day of a BRICS summit that six countries including Egypt are to join the bloc as new members next year. “Egypt looks forward to cooperating with all BRICS member states and with the other countries invited to join the bloc, to achieve its objectives for boosting economic cooperation and raising the voices of the Global South.”READ ALSO FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 24, 2023 15:35 UTC