From BRIC to BRICS
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December 25, 2010, Saturday
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SOUTH Africa has received a formal invitation to join the BRIC group of large emerging economies comprising China, Brazil, Russia and India, South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said yesterday.
"China, in its capacity as rotating chairperson of the BRIC formation, based on agreement reached by the BRIC member states, invites South Africa as a full member into what will in future be called BRICS," Nkoana-Mashabane said in Pretoria.
According to the website of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Nkoana-Mashabane talked by phone on the invitation of South Africa's attendance on Thursday. It also said Chinese President Hu Jintao has issued a letter of invitation to South African President Jacob Zuma to attend the third BRIC leaders' summit, to be held in China next year.
"China, in its capacity as rotating chairperson of the BRIC formation, based on agreement reached by the BRIC member states, invites South Africa as a full member into what will in future be called BRICS," Nkoana-Mashabane said in Pretoria.
According to the website of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Nkoana-Mashabane talked by phone on the invitation of South Africa's attendance on Thursday. It also said Chinese President Hu Jintao has issued a letter of invitation to South African President Jacob Zuma to attend the third BRIC leaders' summit, to be held in China next year.
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