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Bahrain has received an invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, the delegation will be headed by the kingdom’s Foreign Minister Abdel Latif bin Rashed al-Zayani. This was stated by the Ambassador of Bahrain in Moscow Ahmed al-Saati at a press conference in TASS on the prospects for cultural cooperation between Russia and Bahrain, Day.Az reports.
“We [Бахрейн] actually received an invitation to take part in this summit [БРИКС в Казани]and a delegation headed by the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister will come from Bahrain,” he said.
The ambassador noted that the invitation was accepted by Bahrain as part of the country’s chairmanship of the League of Arab States in 2024, since it “is not yet a member country of the BRICS association.”
“We expect the summit to be successful and the foreign minister to deliver a speech on behalf of the Arab states,” he added.
The BRICS group was founded in 2006; in 2011, South Africa joined the original composition (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia became full BRICS members on January 1, 2024.
On January 1, 2024, the chairmanship of BRICS passed to Russia. It will last until the end of the year and includes more than 200 events that have a wide range of topics. The main event during the Russian presidency will be the BRICS summit in Kazan.