Ethiopia applies to join BRICS bloc of emerging economies

Ethiopia has made an official request to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The BRICS is a five-member bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

“We have applied for membership and we expect BRICS to give us a positive response to the request we have made,” Foreign ministry’s spokesperson Meles Alem said on Thursday.

He added that Ethiopia would continue to work with international institutions that can protect its interests.

“As a country that has been a founding member of global institutions like the AU and the UN, and as we seek to guarantee our national interests, it is important to join blocs like BRICS,” he said.

Ethiopia, with the second highest population in Africa, is one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies, according to the International Monetary Fund.

By The East African

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