African nations re-iterate their request to join BRICS amid ongoing global political woes

speaker of ruling party of Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF stated on Wednesday that Zimbabwean government would like to join BRICS ecomic bloc. Christopher Mutsvangwa told Russian news ncy RIA vosti, “We me it clear that we would like to become a member of BRICS,” as reported by RT.

official went on to say that his nation is interested in creating alternatives to SWIFT payment network, which is dominated by West. According to him, BRICS could help with it. Mutsvangwa called BRICS a "new force in international relations" and expressed optimism for its furr development.

BRICS alliance has received interest from "more than a dozen" countries: Lavrov

five BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—represent about a quarter of global Ecomy and more than 40% of world's population. BRICS alliance has received interest from "more than a dozen" nations, according to Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of Russia, earlier this year.

Algiers, Argentina, Bahrain, Banglesh, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe are among countries showing interest in joining BRICS. 

SCO and BRICS partnership

oil-rich Arab nations have also expressed interest in joining BRICS and forging partnerships with eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is me up of India, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This was stated by Sergey Lavrov, foreign minister of Russia, to state-affiliated TASS news ncy last year.

Affirming Lavrov’s comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs, that includes India, have reached a consensus on BRICS expansion process. “As BRICS Chair this year, China actively supports start of BRICS expansion process and broens 'BRICS Plus' cooperation,” Wenbin told a media briefing. He iterated that BRICS cooperation is “open and inclusive”. 

prospect of establishing a unified currency is being conferred by union of five significant rising ecomies. Pavel Knyazev, Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassor-at-Large and Sous-Sherpa of Russia in BRICS, reportedly me discovery in September of last year, according to Sputnik.