Malaysia seeks to join BRICS: Prime Minister
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday that he has expressed his country’s wish to join BRICS to President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
BRICS was established in 2009 as a cooperation platform for emerging economies, comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa joining the group in 2010.
In January 2024, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates joined the organisation as new members.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Photo courtesy of Xinhua/VNA.
Malaysia will go through the process to enable the country to join the intergovernmental organisation, he added.
The PM told the press that Malaysia has worked closely with the Brazilian President on BRICS’s extension of members, and is waiting for response from the government of South Africa.
Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sanjampongsa recently handed over to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov an official letter of intent to become a full member of BRICS.
The handover of this document was carried out after the "BRICS Dialogue with developing countries" which took place in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia on June 11. Russia assumes the rotating presidency of BRICS in 2024.
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