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'We Don't Need Unilateralism': Ethiopian Envoy Greets Role of BRICS in Building Multipolar World

© AP PhotoA member of the audience holds a national flag at a ceremony to remember those soldiers who died on the first day of the Tigray conflict, outside the city administration office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 3, 2022.
A member of the audience holds a national flag at a ceremony to remember those soldiers who died on the first day of the Tigray conflict, outside the city administration office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 3, 2022.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 29.06.2023
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BRICS, a bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa hold nearly a third of the world's GDP and some 40 percent of the world's population. Recently, the G7 has lagged behind the bloc's members in terms of economic development, the International Monetary Fund said.
BRICS countries advocate the principles of multipolarity and maintain a more balanced world order to move from a unipolar world in which some countries impose their interests on others, Ethiopia's Ambassador to Moscow Uriat Cham Ugala told Sputnik Afriсa in an exclusive interview.

"We don't need unilateralism anymore. I think many nations don't want that. So the BRICS nations, they are promoting this, to go back to the values and the principles of multilateralism and promoting economic growth for the less developed countries," the diplomat noted. "So Ethiopia's intention also is to work together with the BRICS nations. And I hope in the future we will also join."

According to Cham Ugala, in today's world unipolarity is built on the imposition of "some few powerful nations" of their interests on other countries and the multipolar world is ignored.
However, the official believes that the future must be forged without meddling in the internal affairs of others, with which many countries concur.

"I think many countries now want to go to multilateralism, to make sure that this multilateralism is functioning well, because if we do the issues of the world together without interference in the domestic aspect of other countries, I think this will be the way out in the future," the diplomat remarked.

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Cham Ugala's words come in line with the recent trend among the countries of the emerging economies to join the BRICS format.
The topic of the group's expansion will be on the agenda of the summit in August hosted by South Africa, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in mid-June.
A number of countries intend to join the economic bloc, including Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Along with this, Argentina, Algeria, Iran, Egypt and Bangladesh have already submitted applications for membership.
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