Iran Press/ Africa: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that the BRICS member states agreed to admit Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia as full members.
Reacting to the news, Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, said Iran’s full membership in BRICS is a “historic development” and a “strategic success” for the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic.
“We congratulate the Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei] and the proud nation of Iran on this success,” Jamshidi wrote via X, formerly Twitter.
BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coined the term BRIC (without South Africa) in 2001, claiming that by 2050 the four BRIC economies would come to dominate the global economy. South Africa was added to the list in 2010.
Three-day BRICS summit underway in South Africa
Iran's President left Tehran for South Africa's Johannesburg on Wednesday evening to take part in the 15th edition of the BRICS Summit.
Before his departure to South Africa on Wednesday evening, Ebrahim Raisi said in a presser that his visit was aimed at taking part in the BRICS Summit and declaring the foreign policy positions of the Islamic Republic.
Iran's President said that his visit to South Africa's Johannesburg is aimed at taking part in the BRICS meeting and declaring the foreign policy positions of the Islamic Republic.
Raisi said that he would visit South Africa in order to declare the positions of Iran and have meetings with the leaders of BRICS and the participating countries.
President Raisi said that all of the meetings are to be held in line with the development of the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries and will lead to the capacities exchange between the BRICS member countries.
He expressed that the short trip would lead to the expansion of the relations between Iran and the regional and trans-regional unions.
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