{"id":89768,"date":"2024-06-10T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89768\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-top-diplomat-participates-in-brics-foreign-ministers-meeting","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89768\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 foreign ministry emphasizes BRICS influence ahead of foreign ministers meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik has arrived in Russia\u2019s Nizhny Novgorod to attend a two-day BRICS foreign ministers meeting, the foreign ministry’s unofficial Telegram channel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first meeting after the bloc’s expansion will bring together “like-minded states,” working on resolving global challenges and aiming to “ensure mutual security, sustainable development and long-term economic growth,” the message stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus, which participates in the status of a friendly state, appreciates that the meeting will focus on BRICS new partners ahead of the October summit in Russia’s Kazan, the foreign ministry added, stressing that the bloc is bigger than the G7 group globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foreign ministry stressed earlier that BRICS+ accounted for more than 40 percent of the global population and more than 30 percent of global GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BRICS was formed in 2009 as an informal platform to oppose the Western-dominated world order. The founders were Brazil, China, India and Russia, with South Africa joining in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates officially joined BRICS in early 2024. Argentina declined the official invitation after Javier Milei was elected president in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus applied for membership in May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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