KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is set to officially join BRICS as a partner on January 1, 2025, along with eight other countries: Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Cuba, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.
The announcement was made by Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov during a briefing yesterday, as reported by Sputnik.
“On the eve of the summit in Kazan, we received 35 applications to join BRICS in one condition or another,” he said.
“Undoubtedly, one of the most important results of the summit was the establishment of the category of BRICS partner countries and agreement on a list of 13 countries. Proposals were sent to these countries.
“To date, Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Malaysia, Uganda and Uzbekistan have confirmed their readiness to become BRICS partner states,” Ushakov told a briefing, adding that these countries will officially become BRICS partners from January 1, 2025.
The aide added that Russia is expected to receive responses in the near future from four other countries to which invitations have also been sent.
More than 20 countries have shown interest in BRICS and the doors of the association remain open for the entry of like-minded people, Ushakov added. – December 24, 2024