The president of South Africa announced that today (Tuesday, November 21) the country will host a videoconference meeting of BRICS leaders and its new members about the situation in Gaza.

Ebrahim Raisi told , thanks to the good relation with China and Russia, the SCO membership has brought benefits to Iran and opened a path for it to international markets.

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.

CNN Arabic news channel reported that the main topic of the recent meeting of the member countries of the "BRICS" group was to deal with the influence of the West.

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.

The three-day meeting of the heads of the five BRICS countries with the presence of dozens of other heads of state started in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. This is the 15th meeting of the BRICS heads.

leaders meeting in South Africa this week will consider expanding the five-nation bloc at a time of great interest in the group that accounts for a quarter of global wealth. 

Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies, which account for about a quarter of the world’s wealth, meet in Johannesburg this week looking to widen the bloc’s influence and push for a shift in global geopolitics.

Indian Prime Minister is looking forward to meet the Iranian president on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa next week. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Egypt is seeking to use local currencies to pay for its imports from India, China, and Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has invited his American counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow for talks on a range of issues but that all conditions needed to be right for such a meeting to take place.