BRICS Expansion Wins Backing From South Africa’s Ramaphosa
- More than 20 nations have applied to join bloc, president says
- UN secretary-general to attend emerging-market powers summit
Cyril Ramaphosa
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed support for an expansion of the BRICS group of emerging market powers, which will gather for its annual summit in Johannesburg this week.
“An expanded BRICS will represent a diverse group of nations which share a common desire to have a more balanced world order,” Ramaphosa said in a televised address to the nation on Sunday. The summit will be attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and more than 30 African heads of state, as well as others from the Global South.