The Idea of BRICS plus gaining traction

The expansion of the grouping in January 2024 demonstrates that the number of players committed to making the game more representative and just continues to grow. Since 2024, two new African states, Ethiopia and Egypt, have become full BRICS members, marking the advent of a new phase in the evolution of the association's African dimension. The outcomes of the Kazan BRICS Summit showed an expansion not only in the group's geography but also in its holistic agenda. 

BRICS Kazan Summit, 2024

The expansion of the African continent within the club demonstrates BRICS' dedication to the South-South dialogue and the growing importance of Africa and also reflects broader shifts in the global power dynamics. All of the BRICS states share a common vision of international dialogue where everyone involved is respected and treated as equal. With the expansion of BRICS, there are ever more opportunities to make the institutional setting more representative, to define the rules and potential outcomes of the game to ensure a better future for the whole of humanity. 

The BRICS groping from day one is very diverse and has also emerged as an important forum for people to people contact and cultural diplomacy. It is going to become the first inter-civilizational community where different cultures enrich each other and people-to-people connection with mutual respect and respect for all religions and ethnicity. What you are hinting at is India-China border tensions, which is prevailing since 2014, but that does not mean it has become a zero-sum game. Despite these border tensions, the bilateral trade between India-China is rising at a higher speed, and we have created various consultation mechanism in place to control the differences. Each BRICS summit provides an opportunity for our top leaders to meet and discuss the bilateral issues on the sidelines of the summit.

The idea of BRICS mechanism is not just limited to economic policy coordination. It has expanded into various realms of global governance consultations, including Climate Change, New Energy, AI and Global peace building. All the member countries play  crucial role in advancing the BRICS’s core values of openness, inclusiveness, and mutually beneficial cooperation.