BRICS Nations Agree to Expand Developing World Bloc

Sumber: Reuters | Editor: Syamsul Azhar

KONTAN.CO.ID - JOHANNESBURG. Leaders of the BRICS bloc of leading developing countries have agreed on mechanisms for considering new members, South Africa said on Wednesday, paving the way for dozens of interested nations to join the group which has pledged to champion the "Global South".

Agreement on expansion could help lend global clout to BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - at a time when geopolitical polarisation is spurring efforts by Beijing and Moscow to forge it into a viable counterweight to the West.