United Nations Security Council reform and introducing a common currency – those were two of the proposals discussed at a meeting of the BRICS economic bloc.
Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and hosts South Africa, are holding talks in Cape Town.
BRICS nations often position themselves as an alternative to Western geopolitical dominance.
The group is also looking to expand. Officials from countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran attended the meeting.
Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Cape Town.
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The commentator said BRICS lack an clear identity and unified policy. Trying to down play BRICS is only making it more appealing around the world. Your reporting about BRICS means it has been noticed by you and BRICS meeting in South Africa means they are working on policies.
Exactly! And it seems they are seeing BRICS from the glasses of western pov, which is a folly.
Just as America did after world War 2 formed nato and the un everything takes time
Can you tell me one common policy of BRICs?
@Oldskoolrools Respect of sovereignity of all nations.
Respect of UN law. Respect difference amongst people and our right to be so.
The days of Western powers in the G7 dictating are coming to an end.
Nobody exists to explain anything to them and that attitude will ruin diplomatic relations.
This is excellent news. At last the greedy and self obsessed West has something to really worry about.
People don’t want to be a part of the corrupt institution that is starting to die due to it’s greed and nastiness.
I don’t want Indian Rupee! Period!
They forgot that Russia is also in Europe..
EurAsia
Expand process but remember they will get shut down
Just another coup
We do not need it
So stop trying to exploit the system for a bogus front
AFFA angels never die nffn HMS council
it wont succeed until english is still your language
Viva brics
NATO must be reigned in, this war is shameful
Why would non aliened countries join a group of losers ?
Russia is so desperate
Lol what? there’s no such thing . Neither South Africa or Brazil need to be concerned about such a thing . We talking about the two of the richest countries in Africa and Southern America how do you replace that ? Think in terms of Geopolitical affairs let alone the combined resources , man power and technology between those two countries. So is Kazakhstan or some other new party going to dilute anything? I think not .
Imagine these countries with no access to the chip industry
Mexico should definitely be a member !
….Must 😊
this is the true spirit of democracy and inclusiveness and equality. so many unique cultures and traditions working in unison for the benefit of all: people, life, and planet. a true federation of humanity banning together to counter a western assimilated collective of one ring to rule them all. no more subservience, no more exploitation, no more coerced conformity, no more fear and anxiety, no more hate, no more discrimination and stereotyping, no more breakdown in universal values, morality and ethics.
BRICS is not influenced by any country because that’s why we have BRICS. Friendship of Equal Rights, Equal Power, Equal Respect, No Intimidation, Non-Interference
” true spirit of democracy” Are you sure about that? We are discussing Russia and China here.
@Shumoon Khan as compared to who?
The USA is no beacon of democracy, neither is the UK with the musical chair going on with their PM position.
This condescending attitude towards other nations that aren’t the same as you lot is what partly created the need for multipolarity.
The world has grown tired of Western arrogance and disrespect.
unified policy should be enshrined in principles of mutual prosperity, respect for humanity, and embracing traditional values
That rules out most of the BRICs countries then….
Hatred of Democracy, contempt for LGBT and women’s rights sure to unite this group?
India should get the boot until modi is removed from power
Thank God for the BRICS NATIONS it’s time the developing world looked for better alternatives rather than depending on the Biased West and their biased Financial Institutions.. Time to do away with the USD Dollar…
The USA, UK and the West’s position is that, ” developing countries must forever remain in the positions of slaves and servants controlled by them and answerable to them.” and the position of RUSSIA and the BRICS Nations is that all developing countries have the rights to be free and independent from USA, UK and the West’s Colonialism treatment and be masters of their own destinies free from the unfair and undesirable influences of the West’s enslaving biased/selective democratic global democracy, unfair and biased Finance Monitory Policies i.e USD dollar as global reserve currency which is used at will by USA to punish those that disagree with their unfair leadership positions. That’s the bone of contention which the USA, UK, NATO and the West can’t review in Public.. Ukraine is just a battle field chosen to fight RUSSIA and the BRICS Nations.
The non-aligned movement has a bad press (in the West), but, in fact, is one of the most hopeful signs in our world today.
BRICS(+) is the only realistic hope the world has got to promote security, development, cooperation and contribute to the establishment of a more EQUITABLE and FAIR world.
BERIC SEMAKIN MELAMBUNG TINGGI
BRICS is like a Frankenstein, put together for some purposes but without any common values and future. It could be just another WTO as well. Hopefully, it could solve BRICS countries neighboring problems at least.
How can this news media say South Africa scared the influenced a Gary will be diminished not at all South Africa is one of the influenced what other countries speak for most of Africa not even tan especial most of Asia not evens Brazil speaks the most of South America South Africa have a really big influence in bricks even though there is much more countries
More the merrier. New members must go through a probational period of one year before confirmation as a new member of BRICS. No system is perfect but the spirit of unity is utmost important to block. No courage to act no glory!
BRICS + need expansion and new currency period .
would you invest in it?
Bravo 🙂 the west is now a pest.
When push comes to shove, I wonder who’s going to have the upper hand???
😊
BRICS is a failed organization. Corruption is the main problem of all BRICS countries. They say they need to use gold as a currency for trading oil… Still gold is traded mainly in US $ 😂Laughable 🤣🤣
America is steadily building its military in preparation for this. Be careful what you wish for.
Brics > nato
Wonder when the first European country is looking for membership?
nobody ever will join your shtty economic loser group
God save the BRICS❤❤❤
they should add north korea
They should be adding Laos since they will be the key access entrance point into ASEAN mainland adding to the high-speed rail link already set in China to Mongolia, Russia and North Korea.
They should add those other economic powerhouses…Greenland….Eritrea….Liberia…..LOL
The USA is a global virus parasite hybrid mix….our lives and our quality of life would be much much much better if this hybrid were deaddd……let’s work together to improve our lives
Saudi or Iran wouldn’t be bad but in my opinion Mexico would be better
STOP MURDERING INNOCENT CIVILIANS!!!!! STOP RAINING SHELL SHRAPNEL ON CHILDREN!!!! STOP!!!!!!!
I would put Brics up Lavrov’s a$$ and expand them.
Setanic verses of Ibrahim/Tahira.
BRIC will be the pillar of the multipolar world.
All of Africa shd join ASAP.and the Caribbean too.
Genocidal Russia, the world’s #1 despots- CCP, failing SA/Brazil economies, and India is nearly at war with CCP.
What a clown show
russia is worried
Viva tutti gli Stati che ripudiano il Nazismo.
Brics for poor countries no big deal
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Quite impressive but HOW!!?😊I know it’s possible, my colleague at work got her first investment return of 40K after two weeks and she quit the job, I would appreciate if you show me how to go about it.
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Wish you well brics. The USA have bullied far too long with their dollar to get their own way.
time to kxill the dollar
Yes do it.
kixll the dollar
Someone make Kazakhstan join Brics
This will remain a mere idea for a long time to come. Reason is there is high trust deficit between India and China.
and China and Russia….friendship without limits….LOL
Well done russia for give the world an alternative to the US hegemony
LOL…tell us what BRICs is? what have they done to provide an alternative, and how does it benefit your life?
GOOD DECISIONS 👍 PUTIN
No need to expand…. We don’t want to bear the poverty of other nations… BRICS is enough, although we are paying for it due to B & S
What pick more useless economies?
As a Swede I long for the end of Western/US hegemony and hope for a just world ❤
@HAKUYA Sakuragi what is that means ? dictators will be replaced in multipolar elections ?
@laser where are these china bases when did china invade another country, when did china enslave black people from Africa, when did china use its intelligence agency to topple other governments in latin American in middle east in Africa, when did china drop 2 nuclear bombs on japan?? when did china start illegal wars, when did china comitt war crimes ???
@laser China wants to see a multipolar world and not one superpower over all countries, in general China wants the EU and the Middle East to be united and autonomous and become a real regional power, and then all sit down and solve the problem under a fair framework of international law. As for your dislike of our political system, that is your freedom, just as we are not interested in the so-called “democracy” of the West. It is very stupid to impose your own values on others
@HAKUYA Sakuragi that are great joke, there are no multipolarity in china or russia and they invade or bullying smaller countries and have border distruption with other
Yo always can emigrate to RuZZia,how you like that ?
People just want to see America not be in power, but I garuntee you the world will not be a better place if America falls.
Step back from single dominance dollar , free trade is the way forward
Europe difficult life for people oh England.
It is wrong to say that Brazil and South Africa influence is reduced. BRICS is not influenced by any country because that’s why we have BRICS. Friendship of Equal Rights, Equal Power, Equal Respect, No Intimidation, Non-Interference
Say that to China and India
So why china and india have border conflicts if they love each other so much ? what basic all back stabing to each other nations
Brazil and Russia have similar numbers in almost everything, but Russia has something much more developed than Brazil, which is hard power (military)!”
@Kolyh Brazil has a rosier future, in general. Better borders, less neighbors that hate them.
BRICS is going to be populated by repressive and despotic states who will end up fighting each other. The West has nothing to worry about. Multipolarity is not a democracy. A closer look at the current BRICS countries tell us why they can never become a superpower: They are corrupt to the bones, repressive, trade mostly in raw materials, depend on the West for technology and innovation, and lack superior academic institutions. Good luck to them.
The US and the UK have both expressed interest in joining the BRICS, their goal is to make life difficult for all members.
Therein lies the difference between BRICS and the G7. One seeks to unify and the other seeks to divide.
In their wildest dreams!
US/UK or the West should most diffinitely be disqualified to join BRICS.. on grounds that they will never see us the rest of the world as their equals.. All these other world bodies are already owned,
Run and funded by them..The one who pays the piper always calls the tune.. We do not want colonisation 2.0.. The rest of the world Actually has little in common with them as they so often remind us.. Formning BRICS was precisly to getaway from the master servant relationship to put it very bluntly or if we must call a spade a spade ..empires rise n empires fall and the West is falling.. Rotting from within.. Its time for others to rise and not to be taken down with them.. Like Biden falling all over the place, confused and needing a sherpard to herd him.. What about all the illegal, proxy and regime Change wars around The world? Shoulder to shoulder they go on from conflict to conflict.. Why I wonder is it only European wars that end up as world wars?.. We want development not wars of conquest.. .. The world is enough of the same old aggressive NATO..
A real balancing of power is needed.. The west is 15% or less of the world’s population.. Its time power was grippled and grabbed out of their hands because total power has totally corrupted them absolutely.. Don’t get me started on their WEF, their vulgar and greedy cooperations and the control they have over the world..The revolving doors with in the corridoors of power.. They all need to be checkmated like yesterday..
Thats why most of the world is looking up to Putin starry eyed.. Its because finally.. at long last.. Like the bully in the school yard that gets whats coming to them.. The west thought sanctioning others is their exclusive right until Putin showed us how to slap them right back.. Oops the genie can not be put back in the bottle.. We are learning..
Power does not respect weakness.. Power respects power.. Suddenly even our sleepy Africa that were being told to jump by EU/USA/West and usually asking how high we should jump we have seen the light and becoming an awakening giant..tell the west to fork off! 😅
They were tripping over themselves going to Africa about nonsensical transgender agendas.. Being so force ful about if.. Complaining about China in Africa.. Funny thing is they landning their planes, driving on in Africa on Chinese built infrastructure.. Using Chinese ports, railways..they doing business with China but we must not.. Question is do we want the west transgender agendas and rights.. or do we want n need basic infrastructure, sharing of miltary exercise with Russia n China.. Clean water food, electricity and shelter? .. The west believe the most important rights are gay and transgender rights..where men can compete with women in sports, in front of the mirror putting make up..
How come Kamala Harris by passed Saudi Arabia the whole Middle East and didn’t preached to them about gay rights!? 😂 Soft touch Africa is saying enough! Keep your transgender agendas there we have enough of our own problems to deal with.. Take you 60 million and strings attached AID and go back home.. Who is aiding who in reality when the west takes 6times plus than the crumbs they throw at us.. Pay the going price for our resources you can not do without.. Again thank to President Putin for showing the rest of us how to do it..
America wants to join
Pathetic club of dictators. Enjoy Iran and Venezuela 😂
As long as Putin is leader of Russia BRICS will be aligned against the west.
it is win win for China 😂
Multipolar is the future of the humanity
BRICS Currency ✅️ Should be use by Brazilian and Argentina 🇦🇷 too the same Year as BRICS Currency come out ✅️
PAKISTAN 👈 👈👈👈 WISH TO JOIN BRICS ,
IS INDIA ☝️ ???????
Jusice for Palastein and justice for middel east
No war among BRICS countries, promote trade and co-operation, financial co-operation, cultural exchanges, the larger goal make planet a better place to live and eradication of poverty
The South African Minister of International Relations doesn’t have eyebrows. 👀
BRICS can’t even sort themselves out. The anti west stance is what will lead to their demise.
China views brics as a tool for its geopolitical expansion and influence; Ruzzia uses it to give it a veneer of not being internationally isolated; India uses it to gain influence in the non-Western world and as a check to China; Brazil….?; and SA sees it as basically its only claim to international fame, if you can call it that. The 2 and a half nations that matter in BRICS are low key at each others’ throats.
Glory to USD.
India South Africa Brazil should be ashamed of them selves aline to a leopar like Russia
So? They still amount to a whole heap of nothing.
B🤮R🤮I🤮C🤮S🤮 👎
India does not want this expansion. It sees majority of applicants as closer friends of China and a bigger brics would water down Indias influence. India want to play home and away and speaks with a forked tongue… in bed with Brics but also friendly with Quad and nato. It is a very interesting dilemna indeed
U.k. Should ask since its a different better place
Beware of the divide and rule tactics of the west!!!
BRICs should expand its members, created a common currency and new banking system and heck their own internet to counter the Tyrannical western system that killed hundreds of millions of innocent people in the past 100 years based on lies and continue to starve them and sanction them and loot their resources etc
Brics has been a great IDEA to END the US & NATO COLONIZATION FOR THE WHOLE WORLD!!
But on what basis will it be expanded? China is almost developed. The other countries are not so. None knows what will happen to Russia.
bye bye G7
PRC, the main founder, allowed covid 19 to spread causing illness/deaths to millions, loss of livelihood and massive global misery. The other Founder, RUssia invaded Ukraine in the middle of a pandemic – first in modern history and first in modern warfare… also Putin added a global energy crisis raising the prices of essential commodities. India and China throwing stikcs and BRICKS (military confrontation along their contested Himalayan borders! Saudi and Iran joined, sure, tell that to the people in Yemen!
when you made order on Amazon for goods during pandemic, where do you think that good was made?
Why TF did you use Bolsonaro and not Lula? He’s the FORMER president, currently being investigated for more than 600 crimes.
Lula has actively been the voice of BRICS for at least 4 months already, has inaugurated the New Development Bank and pushed for dedollarization, besides inviting Venezuela to BRICS just last week.
This looks like a rookie mistake, I’m disappointed with the level of journalism demonstrated in this video-article.
Please hold up to your reputation, al jazeera.
Now we see the true faces.
BRICS should not allow other members, first build up their strength
Brics is a failed organization of useless countries. Multi polarity my foot…batch the west & go back beg for financial support 😂😂 & military cooperation.
BRICS is neither the EU nor the G7. It is a unique grouping of resource-rich and skill-rich countries that could become as influential as OPEC. They are some of the most important countries for the success and for peace through trade in the 21st and 22nd centuries ❤😊
Der Wedten kotzt nur noch ab. 19 weitere Länder haben sich gemeldet um Mitglied bei drn BRICS zu werden Große Länder mit viel Einfluß. Der Westen hatte mal die Möglichkeit diesen Ländern suf Augenhöhe zu begegnen, aber man eollte die dominieren. Jetzt hat man ein Problem. Die erweiterten BRICS stecken den Westen personell und eirtschaftlich in die Tasche. Damit verbunden endet die Vorherrschaft des Petrodollar. Selbst die USA müssen dich dann überlegen ob die noch doviel Geld für’s Militär haben oder leber Verhandlungen zur Abrüstung zustimmen. Eine schlechte Ära geht zu Ende. Ich bin guter Hoffnung das eine bessere Ära für alle Länder beginnt die im friedlichen Wettbewerb nebeneinander existieren. Ob der Westen die Kurve kriegt ist fraglich im Angesicht solcher Politiker wie Biden oder der deutschen Kriegstreiber.
Plenty more Mutts in the world 😅