The expansion of BRICS at its Kazan summit in Russia in 2024 offered an explanation as to why more countries have applied to join the group, writes Maged Refaat Aboulmagd for China Daily. Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates are major energy producers, while Egypt and Ethiopia are two of Africa’s largest developing countries with huge potential, investing heavily to upgrade their networks of infrastructure, industry, as well as land and maritime trade routes.
