Beijing and Moscow want an expansion of BRICS to counter the influence of western G7 nations, with more member states foreseeing the arbitrariness of its rules-based order coming to an end.
The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung stated that BRICS is made up of five emerging nations hoping to become a powerful equivalent to the western alliance. It includes China and Russia, which want to expand to admit India, Brazil, and South Africa; this bloc is envisioned to knock the wind out of the Group of Seven.
Rise of Another Economic Bloc To Challenge the West
According to a report published on Wednesday by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Moscow has been attempting to strengthen and expand its alliances with nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America since the beginning of Russia's offensive against Ukraine and the establishment of sweeping Western sanctions reported RT.
Since being expelled from the former G8, the Kremlin is said to have nurtured the idea of making BRICS an alternative to the G7.
As of last Monday, Argentina and Iran had submitted applications to join the alliance, according to Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, noted the Press United.
She wrote on her Telegram channel that while the White House considered what to cut off, forbid, or ruin in the world, cited Mass News.
In a full rebuke of the US and its allies, Tehran and Buenos Aires intend to be part of BRICS as full members.
Russian senator Aleksey Pushkov, the former head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the State Duma, commented last Monday; about what he thought of the matter. He stressed even if BRICS does not speak openly of it, it could be another option for the G7 nations. Beijing and Moscow will be leading non-western nations into a strong bloc against the west.
The US-led allied tries to sanction strong-arm weaker nations that reject them. Extending a political and economic bloc to nullify the west will weaken the Group of Seven.
In the meantime, ten more countries, including Mexico, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, can join the BRICS in the years ahead, experts referenced by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, mentioned NDTV.
Other Nations To Join G7 Alternative
China, one of the Founding members, wants to add more members to the alternative to the Group of Seven. These countries are Indonesia and Egypt, and Russia sees the potential to be a mirror of the seven allied nations.
Establishing this goal, the outlet, Chinese president Xi Jinping made an alternate schedule for a virtual summit from July 4 to June 23. One of the reasons for moving up is to begin before the G7 Summit in Bavaria and a NATO summit in Madrid set for late June.
China said the report may have asked 13 guest nations to be part of the BRICS summit to highlight its increasing influence. The invite list includes Egypt, Fiji, Algeria, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia to part of the summit.
BRICs, an alternative, will give economic might and free other nations from the tentacles of the west that co-opts these nations as colonies they exploit.
Beijing and Moscow, with the BRICS, realize that other nations can form an economic and political block to lessen the influence of the G7 that depends on food and resources that they don't have in abundance.
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