JOHANNESBURG: Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday (Aug 22) for a summit where
as some members push to forge it into a counterweight to the West.
Sitting beside Xi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the two countries had"similar views" regarding expansion. Russian President Vladimir Putin, wanted under an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, will not travel to South Africa and instead join virtually. India has increasingly reached out to the West, as has Brazil under its new leader, while Russia is being hammered by Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine.Two members - India and China - have periodically clashed along their disputed border, adding to the challenge of decision-making in a group that relies on consensus.
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