South Africa reported that applications for joining the BRICS are received almost weekly.

According to Anil Suklal, Ambassador-at-Large for Asia and BRICS at the South African Foreign Ministry, we are talking about 30 countries.

At the moment, BRICS consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

News portal NewZimbabwe reported last week, citing internal BRICS documents, that joining the group is now sought:

• Algiers
• Argentina
• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bahrain
• Belarus
• Venezuela
• Egypt
• Zimbabwe
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Kazakhstan
• Mexico
• Nigeria
• Nicaragua
• UAE
• Pakistan
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Syria
• Sudan
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uruguay

It is noted that all these countries will have to wait for the BRICS members to agree on the fundamental concept of expanding the group.