Iran Press/ Asia: Bangladesh has officially applied for membership of BRICS. The Dhaka Tribune newspaper reports that the request was made following a meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Geneva last week.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh will accept if the BRICS formally invites it to join the group comprising five member states – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
"We will surely join once they invite us. We are yet to receive any formal letter inviting us to join. The BRICS leaders are thinking of taking some emerging economies – around eight new countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Bangladesh," he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
Over the past year and a half, a number of countries from around the world have shown increased interest in joining the BRICS group, amid the West’s leveraging of international financial systems to wage a widespread economic campaign against Russia. 219
