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Ex-rivals Iran, Saudi Arabia hail BRICS expansion

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 24 Aug 2023 15:45
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Saudi Arabia has expressed a desire to hold a summit with the BRICS members to discuss furthering cooperation.

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  • From left to right, Brazil President Luis Ignacio da Silva, China President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
    From left to right, Brazil President Luis Ignacio da Silva, China President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AP)

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that the expansion of BRICS shows that the Western policy of unilateralism is on the decline.

The remarks come after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced earlier today that the BRICS leadership has decided to invite Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia to join the organization. 

"BRICS expansion shows that unilateralism is on the decline," Raisi said at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.  

Saudi Arabia has on the other hand expressed a desire to hold a summit with the BRICS members to discuss furthering cooperation, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday.  

"The Kingdom maintains strategic relations with the BRICS countries. We look forward to holding a general meeting with the BRICS countries to discuss ways of cooperation in various fields," bin Farhan said at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.

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