The minister said in an interview with “CNN” that the expansion took place “unanimously” and that Brazil submitted 3 approved standards
Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said he did not agree with the analysis that the 15th BRICS Summit, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, ended with China’s influence being strengthened in the bloc with the accession of 6 new countries.
In an interview with CNNpublished on Sunday (August 27, 2023), Vieira says the first reason he opposes the analysis is that the decisions of the group, currently made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are made by consensus.
And so the five countries agreed. If any of them are against expansion, they just have to declare themselves and there will be no expansion.He told the vehicle during his trip in Luanda, Angola. The minister is accompanied by the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) on his visit to the country that ended on Saturday (26 August).
Vieira also mentioned that the BRICS countries have adopted three parameters that Brazil has championed for future enlargements, which is a victory for the country. are they:
- Commitment to the reforms of the global governance system, especially in the United Nations and the Security Council of the organization. “The need for reform of the UN Security Council has been accepted by the five BRICS countries, in both categories, with specific reference to the other three BRICS countries that are not permanent members of the Security Council, namely Brazil, India and Africa. South,” He said.
- Implementation of a mechanism to promote trade between the BRICS countries and other countries through local currencies. According to Vieira, during the summit, Brazil, as well as other countries in the group, presented a study conducted by the Minister of Finance on this subject. that it
- Any expansion must take into account regional balance or representation. This was the reason Brazil advocated Argentina’s accession, although it is not yet known whether the South American country will actually be part of the bloc. The two candidates who will run in the Argentine presidential elections on October 22, Javier Miley and Patricia Bullrich, said they are against it.
BRICS expansion
The BRICS countries announced the start of the bloc’s expansion process on Thursday (August 24, 2023), which is the last day of the bloc’s fifteenth summit – read here (329 KB) The closing statement of the meeting. The six countries that will join BRICS from January 2024 are:
- Argentina;
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
- Egypt;
- The United Arab Emirates;
- Ethiopia; that it
- will.
Ethiopia was the latest country to join the list of new members. The country entered the list on the final day of negotiations at South Africa’s request to give more representation to the continent.
With the new formula, the group’s population increased from 41% to 46% of the planet’s population. The bloc’s GDP in purchasing power parity terms will be 36.6% of the global total, according to its studies. Power360 access was.
