BRICS adopts document on group’s expansion 

The BRICS group of nations, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, have adopted a document that sets out guidelines and principles for the group’s expansion, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on Wednesday, Report informs via Al Arabiya.

Establishing a framework and criteria for admitting new members has been at the top of the agenda at this week’s BRICS summit in Johannesburg.

A more detailed announcement will be made by the BRICS leaders before the conclusion of the summit on Thursday, she said.