New Delhi, July 20 -- The BRICS organisation -- founded in 2009 -- in recent years has expanded significantly. In 2024, the countries which joined the organization were UAE, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia. Saudi Arabia was also granted full membership, but has not joined the organisation so far. In 2025, Iran entered the organisation as a full member. During the 2024 BRICS Summit, the organisation also started the concept of partner countries -- Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan. Recently, Vietnam also joined BRICS as a partner country.

The BRICS+ organisation now accounts for 30% of the global GDP and over 50% of the global population. The recent BRICS Summit at Rio De Janeiro drew at...