The BRICS member countries choose this association to move away from the dollar imposed by the West, Mikhail Bogdanov, the special representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and African countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, said at a session of the IV International Expert Forum "Russia - Middle East."
“This association has very great potential, and it is no coincidence that more and more countries want to join our common work,” noted the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, Prof. Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim, head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Abuja, Nigeria, said that the recent BRICS Summit, which took place in Russia, marked a significant moment in global politics and economics. He highlighted the growing number of African countries seeking to join BRICS as a testament to the group's appeal.