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BRICS, the new road and rising voice

The BRICS meeting was successful with the adoption of two important decisions.


Responding to various expectations, 6 countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE and Argentina - were accepted to be part of the group. With this expansion the BRICS group will represent the first world group in terms of wealth, population and potential, with 37% of the world Gross Domestic Product and 46% of the world population, exceeding the share of the G7 (32% of the GDP and 10% of the world's population). Africa will be present with three members and three countries will represent the Arab world. Witnessing the dynamics of BRICS, other countries - more than 40 in total - expressed their will to join the group.


As we see, the countries that are looking for an alternative to the relations imposed on them by the West are joining the BRICS group.


In addition, the rules of the New Development Bank, created by the BRICS, have been better designed to provide real assistance to developing countries, quite different from those of the World Bank which prevailed for nearly 80 years and kept most countries in their underdevelopment.


The focus of BRICS will remain international cooperation, a peaceful world and a new world order having as a priority the true interests of those who need it most, ie the developing countries.


Benyounes Saidi

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