JOHANNESBURG (South Africa), Aug 24, 2023 (BSS/TASS) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the names of countries that will be invited to join the BRICS group of nations as full-fledged members after BRICS leaders complete their discussion on the issue on Thursday morning. The diplomat underscored that BRICS expansion criteria had already been "finalized and adopted by consensus by our leaders." So by tomorrow morning, that's the last meeting they will have. They will finalize the consultation on which countries they agree on, and there will be a formal announcement tomorrow morning," Sooklal said. He added that the work on BRICS expansion criteria was actively conducted at various levels since last year.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha August 24, 2023 04:32 UTC