BRICS faces internal challenges

The meeting was expected to produce a document on the Middle East conflict, plans for a common currency and preliminary talks on expanding BRICS membership. However, the meeting is said to have ended in a stalemate, the South China Morning Post reported.

Accordingly, Indian and Brazilian diplomats set a condition for the expansion of BRICS that the new members must support the idea of ​​the two countries and South Africa being admitted as permanent members of the UN Security Council. Egypt and Ethiopia refused to sign a joint statement on this issue, due to a lack of consensus on the selection of a country to represent Africa in the Security Council.

BRICS foreign ministers meeting on September 26 in New York, USA

Joel Souza Pinto Sampaio, head of communications for Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, confirmed the impasse but did not elaborate on the meeting. Sampaio said he would continue working with the parties to reach a consensus before the BRICS summit in Russia in October.

On September 26, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that BRICS members should contribute to promoting a multipolar world of equality, order and economic globalization that benefits all, according to Xinhua News Agency. Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a statement by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying that BRICS foreign ministers had an in-depth exchange on a wide range of international issues, focusing on peace and security, global economic stability and sustainable development. The participants of the meeting reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening BRICS coordination in international forums.

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