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Brics summit expected to approve new members
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, August 22, 2023
A SUMMIT of the Brics bloc, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is to open on Wednesday in Johannesburg and is expected to approve the admission of new members.
Today was set aside for a series of bilateral meetings among the 1,200 delegates from the five existing Brics nations and dozens of other developing countries, including more than 40 heads of state
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres also is expected to attend what is the first in-person Bric summit since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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