Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that China and North Korea should be included in ceasefire negotiations for the war in Ukraine, along with “India, Brazil, South Africa, all BRICS countries.”
BRICS is an economic collective founded by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in 2009. South Africa joined in 2010, contributing the “S” to the end of the group’s name. Membership was expanded again in 2023 to include Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Ethiopia. Thirteen more nations were added as lower-status “partner countries” in 2024.
Putin did not mention any of the 2023 members or 2024 partner countries by name, so it was unclear if he meant to include all of them in Ukraine peace negotiations. If so, the talks
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