An official invitation will be sent to the Russian leader. “It will depend on Putin and the Kremlin (whether he will come – editor’s note), but we will definitely send an invitation and wait for him,” Maketuka said.
He added that this would be the first in-person BRICS summit since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The venue of the event has not yet been determined. The meeting of the BRICS leaders can take place in one of the four largest cities in South Africa.
Let us remember that the BRICS currently unite Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in December, BRICS can expand to 15-17 members if all are admitted. According to him, the organization enjoys great attention and we can already speak of a queue among the countries that would like to join. This was clearly seen during the last BRICS summit held in June.
