Today, at the start of the closing day of the BRICS meeting, the President of South Africa announced an important decision regarding the BRICS acceptance of the invitation of six countries to become new members of the BRICS group. These countries are Egypt, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Argentina.
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The list is phenomenal, economic powerhouses with the highest quality of life. C'mon, what's the point? By the way, I'm really shocked why do United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia want to join their alliance? They are getting all the money from the USA, all those apartments and luxuries were architected, designed, built, made by Europeans and Americans, do they think it's better future for them to join BRICS?
Establishing new economic partnerships is never a bad idea. Joining BRICS does not mean severing relations with the United States and Europe, or even challenging them. The United Arab Emirates found itself for the first time in an alliance with its neighbor Iran, despite the dispute between them, as well as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In fact, we do not know what criteria were agreed upon to choose to invite any of the countries, except that the process was in the form of suggestions from the first members, and not based on requests to join.
I also believe that BRICS has become a media phenomenon that is given more than its value in assessing its capabilities in reality.