(Bloomberg) -- India and Brazil are pushing back against a Chinese bid to rapidly expand the BRICS group of emerging markets to grow its political clout and counter the US, officials with knowledge of the matter said.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-push-expand-brics-membership-020000670.html
India response:
External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday reiterated India’s position that BRICS should be expanded through “full consultation and consensus” among members of the bloc.
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Bagchi rejected reports that India was opposing the expansion. “As our external affairs minister (S Jaishankar) had mentioned, we are approaching this with an open mind and a positive outlook. We have seen some baseless speculation that India has
reservations against expansion. This is simply not true,” he said."
https://www.news18.com/world/brics-expansion-should-proceed-with-consultation-india-has-open-mind-positive-outlook-mea-8499013.html
Brazil Response:
“Possibly, in this meeting, we can already consensually decide which new countries can join BRICS,” Lula told international journalists in the capital, Brasilia. “I am of the opinion that as many countries want to enter, if they are in compliance
with the rules we are establishing, we will accept the countries' entrance.”
Lula's comments came hours after Reuters reported that Brazil has resisted expanding the group's membership. It quoted unidentified Brazilian diplomats as voicing concern that adding more nations could lessen the influence of the existing members."
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazils-lula-voices-support-countries-joining-brics-group-101962043
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