9 countries announced their readiness to join “BRICS” – Mehr news agency RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, quoted by TVBRICS, “Yuri Ushakov”, the assistant to the President of Russia, announced that starting from January 1, 2025 (12th of December), Belarus, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan will become BRICS partner countries. will become

According to Ushakov, these countries emphasized their desire and enthusiasm to join BRICS. He also added that Moscow is waiting for the response (invitation to join BRICS) of four other countries.

BRICS member countries can make proposals, but will not participate in the process of approving documents and voting.

In the final statement of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, the member countries of the BRICS group welcomed the interest and willingness of other countries to join this group. The summit also agreed on a list of countries that were subsequently invited to join BRICS.