Nigeria has expressed its desire for South Africa's support in its bid to join the Brics group and to become a full member of the G20. This was announced by Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu during the 11th South African-Nigerian binational commission session in Cape Town.
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“In addition, we are also talking about South Africa’s full support for membership of Brics and its new financial institution, the New Development Bank.”It is one of 13 countries that were invited to become Brics partner nations at the bloc’s summit in Russia in October. The others are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
South Africa intends using the G20 presidency to lobby powerful member states for support for Africa’s demand for permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council. Nigeria has been invited to play an active part in workstreams and meetings throughout the year, Lamola confirmed.
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