BEIJING, January 2 Beijing is confident in the future development of cooperation within the BRICS framework, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Tuesday.
«BRICS has expanded to ten member states, which fully demonstrates that BRICS cooperation has bright prospects,» the diplomat said.
At the same time, when asked to comment on Argentina’s refusal to join BRICS, Wang Wenbin noted that Beijing is “fully confident in the future development of BRICS cooperation.”
Wang Wenbin added that the BRICS countries have decided to expand the number of member states of the group at the request of the relevant countries, which is in line with the common desires of emerging markets and developing countries, as well as the historical trend of a multipolar world.
At the BRICS summit in South Africa last August, the country's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the organization's members had decided to invite Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to become full members of BRICS. Argentina later refused to participate in the unification. Full participation of new countries in this organization began on January 1, 2024. As Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Ryabkov said following the summit in Johannesburg, a state wishing to join BRICS should not impose sanctions against member countries of the association.