China’s Xi Jinping calls for accelerated BRICS expansion

• China’s President Xi Jinping called for the acceleration of the expansion of the BRICS group on Wednesday, a goal the world’s second-largest economy has long harboured.
• “We should let more countries join the BRICS family to pool wisdom and efforts to make global governance more just and equitable,” Xi said.
• South Africa said last month that more than 40 other nations had expressed interest in joining the organization, which aims to offset the perceived hegemony of the U.S.-led West in global affairs. Of those, 22 had formally asked to join, it said.

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