Iran became a member of BRICS today
| The Islamic Republic of Iran, which was accepted as a new member of the BRICS group at the Johannesburg meeting, became a member of this group from today. |
Foreign Policy Group of Fars News Agency; Today (Monday), January 11 And on January 1, 2024, “Iran will be considered a full member of the BRICS group”, this was announced by the spokesman of the diplomatic apparatus of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nasser Kanani, in today’s weekly meeting with reporters.
He said that this With the addition of new members, the group has gained new weight and importance in international equations, and this multilateral mechanism also provides Iran with more opportunities in the field of international multilateral relations.
BRICS mechanism ) includes five major emerging economies, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and on the 2nd of September of this year and at the 15th Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, it was announced that six new members, including Iran, will join BRICS on January 1, 2024. they will come For this year, Russia assumed the rotating presidency of this group, and the next meeting of the leaders is scheduled to be held in Kazan.
Before this, informed experts said in a conversation with Fars that if new members are invited to this group including Iran, they will automatically become full members from January 1st.
Nasser Kanani also stated today that full membership in BRICS is one of the results of upgrading the status Iran is considered international and by using the capacities of this group, Iran will improve its constructive and effective role in international multilateral equations.
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