Re:BRICS group looks to expand at summit despite divisions a...
by r9550684 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:29PM
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there's a handful of rags, the guardian is one of them, that have become entirely unreadable, because what they publish is essentially propaganda.
the outcome of BRICS is that the following six countries will become full members starting January 1st: Argentine, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab emirates[0].
this being the likely outcome has been known and expected for at least a few weeks, with uncertainty about some meme countries (everybody expected Niger to be on the list, even though it has an ongoing military coup, wtf, people) but the official decision was confirmed this past Thursday, aug 24th. Mohamed bin Zayed, president of UAE, important u.s. military partner, had the following to say on his country's membership "We respect the vision of the BRICS leadership and appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group." UAE have already been acting on shared BRICS aligned interests, on July 15th India signs an agreement with UAE to settle trade in rupees[0], and on august 14th they settle first crude oil payment in rupees[1].
Out of the six members, Mr Burke, the guardian writer, only mentions two, Ethiopia, in passing, and Iran, as a mandatory bogeyman and a punchline to a joke. "Dozens of leaders of other countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are also attending, many hoping to be invited to join the bloc." "Among potential new members are Iran and Venezuela, both hit by sanctions and diplomatically isolated." Somebody else in the comments is under the impression that South Africa, a failed state, is an invited and future member, and Mr Burke would encourage this misunderstanding, because his goal is or appears to be to paint the outcome of BRICS expansion as inconsequential, to remind you that only freaks, failed states and war criminals want to be its members. This is unfortunately not the case, and the outcome is yet another massive failure in the string of many of u.s. diplomatic corps.
the outcome of BRICS is that the following six countries will become full members starting January 1st: Argentine, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab emirates[0].
this being the likely outcome has been known and expected for at least a few weeks, with uncertainty about some meme countries (everybody expected Niger to be on the list, even though it has an ongoing military coup, wtf, people) but the official decision was confirmed this past Thursday, aug 24th. Mohamed bin Zayed, president of UAE, important u.s. military partner, had the following to say on his country's membership "We respect the vision of the BRICS leadership and appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group." UAE have already been acting on shared BRICS aligned interests, on July 15th India signs an agreement with UAE to settle trade in rupees[0], and on august 14th they settle first crude oil payment in rupees[1].
Out of the six members, Mr Burke, the guardian writer, only mentions two, Ethiopia, in passing, and Iran, as a mandatory bogeyman and a punchline to a joke. "Dozens of leaders of other countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are also attending, many hoping to be invited to join the bloc." "Among potential new members are Iran and Venezuela, both hit by sanctions and diplomatically isolated." Somebody else in the comments is under the impression that South Africa, a failed state, is an invited and future member, and Mr Burke would encourage this misunderstanding, because his goal is or appears to be to paint the outcome of BRICS expansion as inconsequential, to remind you that only freaks, failed states and war criminals want to be its members. This is unfortunately not the case, and the outcome is yet another massive failure in the string of many of u.s. diplomatic corps.
[0]https://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/uae-saudi... [0]https://www.reuters.com/world/india-ties-up-with-uae-settle-... [1]https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-makes-first-cr...