A general check out of flags of (From L to R) South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India and China in the course of the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Conference Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023.
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Malaysia is getting ready to join the BRICS team of rising economies, Primary Minister Anwar Ibrahim explained in an job interview with Chinese media outlet Guancha.
The BRICS group of nations initially provided Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which gave it the acronym.
The team previous calendar year started to expand its membership as it appears to be to obstacle a entire world order dominated by Western economies, with Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates becoming a member of and more than 40 international locations expressing curiosity.
“We have created a choice, we will be putting the formal procedures shortly… we are just waiting around for the final results from the government in South Africa,” Anwar reported, in accordance to a video clip of the interview posted by Guancha on Sunday.
A agent from Anwar’s office on Tuesday confirmed his reviews to Reuters.
In the course of the job interview, he did not offer more facts on the software approach.
Anwar’s remarks arrived ahead of a 3-working day visit by Chinese Leading Li Qiang this 7 days, as component of celebrations marking the 50th yr of diplomatic relations involving Malaysia and China.
Malaysia and China are predicted to indication a number of specials during Li’s check out, including renewing a five-calendar year trade and economic cooperation agreement.