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UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan mentioned he appreciated the inclusion of his nation as a member of BRICS and described it as an “important group”.
Taking to his social media platform X, Sheikh Mohamed mentioned he “respected the vision of the BRICS leadership”.
“We look forward to a continued commitment of cooperation for the prosperity, dignity and benefit of all nations and people around the world,” he wrote.
As a part of the primary part of enlargement, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE have been invited to affix BRICS.
The BRICS group of countries at present includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
“As a five BRICS countries, we have reached an agreement on the guiding principles, standards, criteria, and procedures on the BRICS expansion process which has been in discussion for quite a while,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa advised a joint media briefing.
“We have consensus on the first phase of this expansion process and other phases will follow.”
