Sputnik Africa is live as Rio de Janeiro hosts the second and the last day of the BRICS Summit.
BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam have been cooperating with the bloc as partners. Saudi Economy Minister Faisal Al-Ibrahim told Bloomberg in January that the kingdom is still assessing its membership of the bloc.