Bolivia Wants to Join BRICS, to Participate in Summit in South Africa: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bolivia’s foreign minister said on Monday that the country wants to join the BRICS group of emerging economies and will take part in the summit in South Africa, which will be held in person in Johannesburg on August 22-24.
"Bolivia will take part in the BRICS summit in Johannesburg... There our president will present a model of economic, social, industrial development of Bolivia," Rogelio Mayta said on Twitter, adding that Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce officially notified on June 12 of Bolivia's desire to join BRICS, Sputnik reported.
BRICS unites the world's largest developing economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
A number of other countries intend to join the economic bloc, including Algeria, Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and others.
South Africa, which assumed the rotating BRICS presidency in January, will host the 15th BRICS summit from August 22-24.
