The rotating presidency of BRICS was transferred to Russia

According to the foreign policy group of Fars News Agency, at the meeting of the senior officials of the BRICS group (Sherpa) {the special envoy of each BRICS country} in Durban, South Africa, which was held today, Saturday, December 11, with the presence of BRICS member countries and invited countries was held in BRICS, the rotating chairmanship of this group for 2024 was transferred from South Africa to Russia. , India, China and South Africa, and at the 15th summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, it was announced that six new members, including Iran, will join BRICS in January 2024. BRICS is formed by putting together the first letters of the names of the five countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the English language, which was BRICS before South Africa joined and then changed its name to BRICS.

At the meeting of the senior officials of this group in Durban, South Africa, which was held today, “Anil Soklal”, the representative and envoy of South Africa (the current chairman) in BRICS, appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as the head of this group next year. and the representative of Russia in BRICS delivered.

Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, on August 17, 1402, at the “Iran and BRICS meeting; “Perspectives for partnership and cooperation” called Iran a strong candidate for cooperation with BRICS and said, “We support Iran’s membership in this group.”

At today’s ceremony in Durban, South Africa, a delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran headed by Majid Samadzadeh Saber, Director General of BRICS, which is one of the six countries that will become an official BRICS member from January 2024, was also present.

After accepting Iran’s membership in BRICS, the General Department of BRICS was established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and currently Majid Samadzadeh Saber is the director general of this department.

On September 2 of this year, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at the 15th meeting of BRICS leaders that six new members, including Iran, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Ethiopia, will join the group. have been invited and then it was announced that these six countries will become full members of BRICS as of January 1, 2024 (11 January 1402).

The cornerstone of BRICS was created when the foreign ministers of China, India, Brazil and Russia met for the first time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in 2006, and the first official meeting The leaders of this group were held in Russia in 2009. South Africa also joined the trade council of this group in 2010 and will be the chairman of this group in 2023.

During China’s presidency of BRICS in 2022, the President of China invited Ayatollah Raisi to participate in this meeting, according to which the President participated in this meeting online and He gave a speech. Before that, Saeed Khatibzadeh, the former spokesman of the diplomatic service, announced that Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian sent Iran’s application for BRICS membership.

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