Iran Press/ Iran News: Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been invited by his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, to attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.
Pres. Raisi leaves Iran for S. Africa
Raisi made the remarks in a press conference at the airport in Tehran before leaving Iran to South Africa to attend the BRICS summit.
Raisi said that BRICS is undoubtedly one of the world's emerging powers, with which the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks to cooperate.
The Iranian President 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 added 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 states.
He expressed that the short visit would lead to the expansion of the relations between Iran and the regional and transregional unions.
BRICS includes the economically-emerging countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The Iranian President will meet with a number of the leaders present in addition to speaking at the conference.
The BRICS summit has been taking place in Johannesburg from August 22, and it will continue until August 24. The ceremony is being attended by the heads of 70 nations.
According to South Africa, around 40 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Egypt have formally or informally reportedly shown interest in joining the economic bloc.
The conference is likely to explore the group’s possible development into a geopolitical bloc to challenge Western dominance, dubbed BRICS Plus.
BRICS+ seeks to expand its membership in order to form a powerful transcontinental multilateral alliance. The strategy has given other nations the opportunity to strengthen ties with the bloc of significant developing economies in order to further their interests.
The BRICS and Africa meeting will also focus on how the group might strengthen ties with a continent that is increasingly becoming a scene for competition between world powers.
The fast-growing economies of BRICS members are frequently viewed as alternatives to the political and economic hegemony of the West.
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