Bric’s closest friends consider forming new bonds

Smiles, hugs, and waves are friendly gestures. If there was an accidental pattern to the second day of the Brics summit, it was about friendship. Making new friends means finding and getting to know people who are not currently in our circle of friends. Keeping old friends means maintaining and nurturing the relationships we already have with people who have been our friends for some time.

It all began with a fancy entrance and a family photo for the leaders before they went into private meetings to talk about adding more countries to their group.

All Brics members agree that more countries should be allowed to join, but they are still divided on the number of countries and the speed at which new members should be accepted.

With the Ukraine war happening, Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that becoming a member of Brics will help him prove to the West that he still has allies.

He didn’t go to South Africa because there is a warrant for his arrest for crimes in Ukraine. Instead, he made a video to criticize Western powers.

“I want to mention that the reason for the serious situation in Ukraine was some countries wanting to keep their power and control in the world. ”

Chinese President Xi Jinping has given his approval/agreement. He wants the Brics group to grow faster: “We should let more countries join Brics and work together to make world leadership more fair and reasonable. ”

However, it may not be a good idea for the other three countries to have more people.

India and China have a disagreement about land ownership. Because of this, India will not want to let new members join who always support China. At the same time, it wants to keep its connections with the US and Australia, so they need to be cautious about who they side with.

Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, wants to make friends with everyone. He believes that Brics should focus more on the economy rather than trying to challenge the West’s power. He talked a lot about the idea of having a shared currency that Brics countries can use for trading.

Lastly, but certainly not least, we have South Africa. This is the newest country to join our group of friends. It wants to avoid causing trouble and wants to keep on good terms with Western powers and Russia.

Over 20 countries have requested to join the group, but they need to meet certain requirements to be accepted.