Cuba Becomes BRICS Partner Country, President States
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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - On Friday, another Latin American nation, Bolivia, revealed that the BRICS member countries have agreed to accept it as a partner nation within the organization.
Cuba has obtained partner status with BRICS, an organization it believes can contribute to building a more just and democratic world order, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday.
"Cuba is honored to join BRICS as a partner country. Five letters and great hope for the countries of the South on the difficult path to a more just, democratic, equitable and sustainable international order," Diaz-Canel said on X.
BRICS leaders finalized the list of partner countries at the summit in the Russian city of Kazan from October 22-24. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that the list included 13 countries. The leaders of Belarus and Bolivia have also announced that their countries were on the list.
BRICS is an intergovernmental association which Brazil, Russia, India and China created in 2006, and South Africa joined in 2010. The group had its second expansion this year, admitting Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The latter has reportedly not formalized its membership but has been taking part in BRICS meetings.
