Saudi Arabia Is Still Assessing BRICS Membership, Minister Says

Government was invited to join expanded BRICS group in 2023
Saudi says assessing ‘many different aspects’ of membership

Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim during a Bloomberg Television interview in Davos, on Jan. 20.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

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By Joumanna Bercetche and Abeer Abu Omar

January 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM UTC

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Saudi Arabia’s membership in the BRICS bloc of emerging economies is still being assessed more than a year after the kingdom was invited to join the alliance, according to the country’s minister of economy and planning.

“The kingdom is always focusing on fostering more global dialogue,” Faisal Al-Ibrahim said in an interview with Bloomberg Television at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.