Across the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia has also reportedly considered applying for BRICS membership, as revealed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit to the kingdom in late May. The announcement followed Saudi Arabia joining Argentina, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Senegal, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates at China's invitation for a "BRICS+" discussion, after which Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced members had "reached consensus on the BRICS expansion process."
“China’s invitation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to join the ‘BRICS’ confirms that the Kingdom has a major role in building the new world and became an important and essential player in global trade and economics,” Mohammed al-Hamed, president of the Saudi Elite group in Riyadh, told Newsweek. “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is moving forward at a confident and global pace in all fields and sectors.”
“This accession, if Saudi joins it, will balance the world economic system, especially since the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of oil in the world, and it’s in the G20,” Hamed said. “If it happens, this will support any economic movement and development in the world trade and economy, and record remarkable progress in social and economic aspects as Saudi Arabia should have partnerships with every country in the world.”
Side note. Germany just ran their first trade deficit since 1991. Maybe Siemens IIRC should not have pulled the pumps and moved them to Canada,it reduced Russia's pump capacity by around 1/3(to Germany). It really is as if the west is 100% very deliberately trying to destroy themselves(they really can not be this stupid can they?). WIth Germany no longer supporting the EU(it has become a net drain as of May 2022),what will?
“China’s invitation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to join the ‘BRICS’ confirms that the Kingdom has a major role in building the new world and became an important and essential player in global trade and economics,” Mohammed al-Hamed, president of the Saudi Elite group in Riyadh, told Newsweek. “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is moving forward at a confident and global pace in all fields and sectors.”
“This accession, if Saudi joins it, will balance the world economic system, especially since the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of oil in the world, and it’s in the G20,” Hamed said. “If it happens, this will support any economic movement and development in the world trade and economy, and record remarkable progress in social and economic aspects as Saudi Arabia should have partnerships with every country in the world.”
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One expert said a bigger BRICS bloc "could, in theory, facilitate economic linkages and step into gaps that U.S. institutions are not filling due to sanctions."
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Side note. Germany just ran their first trade deficit since 1991. Maybe Siemens IIRC should not have pulled the pumps and moved them to Canada,it reduced Russia's pump capacity by around 1/3(to Germany). It really is as if the west is 100% very deliberately trying to destroy themselves(they really can not be this stupid can they?). WIth Germany no longer supporting the EU(it has become a net drain as of May 2022),what will?
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