In this week’s round-up: Cuba and Syria seek BRICS membership; Former BRICS bank CFO to head UK development bank; Sri Lanka to seek BRICS membership at BRICS summit; South Africa faces new dynamics at BRICS summit.
Ethiopia crafts national BRICS engagement strategy
Ethiopia’s National BRICS Ministerial Steering Committee, which convened its session on October 3, 2024, disclosed that it has finalised Ethiopia’s BRICS Engagement Strategy, which has been reviewed over the past few months.
Syria applied for BRICS membership, country’s ambassador to Russia says
Syria has applied to join BRICS, said the country’s ambassador to Russia, Bashar Jaafari.
UN Sec Gen to participate in BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will participate in the BRICS summit to be held in Kazan, Azernews reports, citing the head of the UN information center in Russia, Vladimir Kuznetsov.
UK development bank brings in BRICS bank’s former CFO as new head
Britain’s development finance institution has appointed the former finance chief of the China-headquartered ‘BRICS bank’ as its new CEO.
Sri Lanka to request BRICS membership at Kazan summit — cabinet spokesperson
Sri Lanka plans to submit an official request for BRICS membership at the group’s upcoming summit in the Russian city of Kazan, the South Asian nation’s government spokesperson Vijitha Herath said.
BRICS alternative to EU for Serbia — deputy PM
Cooperation with BRICS is an opportunity for Serbia to form an alliance with states that do not ask for anything and can offer more than Belgrade asks for, it is an alternative to the European Union (EU), Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in an interview with the National Defense magazine.
Cuba wants to be part of BRICS
Cuba has officially applied to join BRICS as a partner state, senior Foreign Ministry official Carlos Pereira has revealed. The Russian envoy in Havana, Viktor Coronelli, stated last month that President Vladimir Putin had extended an invitation to his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, to attend an upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan.
South Africa faces new dynamics at BRICS summit
Some in the international community have expressed mixed reactions to South Africa’s position within BRICS. Concerns are rife about the bilateral relations South Africa has built with authoritarian BRICS members such as Russia, China and now Iran.
