Nine countries, including Belarus and Indonesia, will officially join BRICS as partner states in January 2025, expanding the coalition's new

Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan will join BRICS as partner countries.

Ushakov noted that these nations have expressed their eagerness to attain this status and mentioned that Moscow is awaiting a response from an additional four countries.

  • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    14•1 month ago

    Anybody who thinks joining BRICS will give them financial or physical security is a fool, tbh, but I can’t find it in me to condemn proper incentivized diplomacy.

    Good for them.

      • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        7•1 month ago

        Idk, they’ve bailed out entire nation’s failing economies. It’s not like they started repossessing furniture or anything, lol.

        EDIT: I do admit they can be weaponized by refusing to work with nations on the basis of political alignment.

        • @reddit_sux@lemmy.world
          5•1 month ago

          IMF have usually demanded austerity which usually leads to government schemes for the poors to be cut. They also demand political alignment to western demands.