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BRICS expansion: Nine new partner countries set to join in January 2025 (economymiddleeast.com)

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Belarus, Bolivia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan will join BRICS as partner countries.

Ushakov noted that these nations have expressed their eagerness to attain this status and mentioned that Moscow is awaiting a response from an additional four countries.

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[–] DMCMNFIBFFF 8 points 3 weeks ago

so altogether maybe these newbies will have a GDP < 10% of China, and China will still have a GDP larger than all the others combined.