Russian Ambassador to South Africa Ilya Rogachev presented a symbolic banknote of the "BRICS single currency" to his UAE counterpart Mahash Saeed al-Hamli.

The permanent representative of Russia in international organizations, comparing the BRICS group with Western organizations and examples, said that there is no domestic or foreign leader in BRICS and all members of this group are equal.

BRICS collectively represents virtually 40 percent of the world's population and one-third of the global economy.

In his speech at the 15th BRICS summit on Thursday, the August 24, the Islamic President of Iran stated that Iran's official membership in BRICS will strengthen the approaches of this group, including opposition to the unilateralism of the United States, and said: Iran firmly rejects The successful efforts of BRICS in the direction of de-dollarization ...

South Africa's foreign minister has said that BRICS leaders have agreed on its expansion and they are going to publish their official announcement on this Thursday.