Al-Sisi’s first reaction to Egypt’s membership in BRICS.
Abdelfattah Al-Sisi, while appreciating the BRICS group for inviting Egypt to become a member of this group, expressed readiness for cooperation and coordination with the member countries.
Egypt’s presidency, today, after the president of South Africa announced at the “BRICS” summit, that his country, along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Argentina, will join as members from January 1, 2024 They are joining this group, he reacted in a statement.
According to the statement, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thanked BRICS for inviting the country to join the group.
In the continuation of this statement, it is stated: “We are eager to cooperate and coordinate with BRICS in the next phase to realize its goals in order to strengthen economic cooperation among the member countries.”
The 15th meeting of the member countries of the BRICS group started on Tuesday (August 22) in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the participation of the leaders of the five member countries of this group, namely Russia, China, India, South Africa, and Brazil, in Johannesburg, the capital of South Africa, and until today (Thursday). continues.
Before noon today, the president of South Africa, as the host of the BRICS summit, announced that the group invited six countries, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Argentina, to join the BRICS group as new members.
Sputnik news agency also wrote in a report about the BRICS meeting in Johannesburg: “Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Ethiopia will be the new BRICS members. They will become full members from January 1, 2024.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli also participated in today’s BRICS summit on behalf of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and is scheduled to give a speech at this summit.