China’s Xi Says BRICS Should Accelerate Plan to Expand Members
- Chinese leader’s comments come after winning Modi’s backing
- Some 20 nations are said to have applied to join the group
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President Xi Jinping called on the BRICS bloc of emerging markets to fasttrack a plan to expand its members at a summit in South Africa, as China leads a push to give the group more clout on the world stage.
“I am glad to see growing enthusiasm from developing countries about participating in BRICS,” Xi said in a speech at the event on Wednesday. The bloc should “accelerate the BRICS expansion process to bring more countries into the BRICS family,” he added.