New country joins BRICS

On Monday, January 6, Brazil, presently holding the presidency of the BRICS Group, announced that Indonesia was besides a fresh associate of the initiative, including Russia, China and India. The country's candidate was already approved in August 2023, but the final decision to formally join BRICS was made respective months later erstwhile the president of this Asian country became Prabowo Subianto, a supporter of closer relations with Moscow.