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Nigeria has formally joined Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), an intergovernmental organisation that goals to advertise financial and geopolitical cooperation amongst its member international locations.
This was confirmed by the Brazilian authorities in a press release issued on its web site on Friday, which stated that Nigeria turns into the ninth associate nation of BRICS, alongside Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
The assertion learn, “In exercising its professional tempore presidency of BRICS, the Brazilian authorities publicizes as we speak, January 17, 2025, the formal admission of Nigeria as a associate nation of the grouping.
“The Brazilian authorities welcomes the Nigerian authorities’s determination.“Nigeria turns into the ninth associate nation of BRICS, becoming a member of Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. This partner-country class was created on the sixteenth BRICS Summit, held in Kazan in October 2024.
“With the world’s sixth-largest inhabitants—and Africa’s largest—in addition to being one of many continent’s main economies, Nigeria shares convergent pursuits with different members of BRICS.
“It performs an lively position in strengthening South-South cooperation and in reforming world governance—points which might be high priorities throughout Brazil’s present presidency.”
Brazil famous that BRICS and Nigeria have frequent pursuits, because the African nation, just like the group, works to strengthen cooperation amongst international locations of the World South and requires reforming worldwide organisations.
Recall that at a BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, it was determined to ascertain a class of BRICS associate international locations.
The primary international locations to develop into companions have been Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan.
Indonesia was additionally initially named as a BRICS associate, however on January 6, Brazil introduced that the Asian nation had been given a standing of full member.
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