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Egypt, South Africa Discuss Enhancing BRICS Cooperation

© Photo Egyptian PresidencyPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Meets South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on Thursday, November 14, 2024. Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel-Atty and South Africa's Ambassador to Egypt Joseph Mashimbye were also present.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Meets South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on Thursday, November 14, 2024. Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel-Atty and South Africa's Ambassador to Egypt Joseph Mashimbye were also present.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 14.11.2024
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The BRICS group of emerging economies, founded in 2006 by Russia, China, India and Brazil, with South Africa joining in 2011, welcomed Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to its ranks in January this year.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed with South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola ways to expand BRICS cooperation, the Egyptian leader's office said Thursday after the talks in Cairo.
"The meeting reviewed ways to enhance and expand bilateral cooperation in all fields, especially in light of the two countries' membership in the BRICS and their active role regionally and at the level of the African continent," the presidency said in a statement.
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Lamola conveyed to President El-Sisi a message from his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, expressing his appreciation to the Egyptian leader and his keenness to continue developing relations with Pretoria, the statement said.
For his part, President El-Sisi stressed that Cairo "holds in high esteem the historical brotherly relations that bind the two countries and peoples."
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