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BRICS Draws Membership Bids From 19 Nations Before Summit

  • Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia have asked to join the group
  • Foreign ministers from the five BRICS members meet in June
Yang Jiechi attends the 11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues via video link in Beijing.

Yang Jiechi attends the 11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues via video link in Beijing.

Photographer: Yin Bogu/Xinhua/Getty Images

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Nineteen countries expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group of nations as it prepares to hold an annual summit in South Africa.

The emerging-markets bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will meet in Cape Town on June 2-3 to discuss its enlargement, Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s ambassador to the group, said in an interview in the city on Monday.