BRICS earlier known as BRIC! India also hosted it 3 times!
Kazan, which is called the third capital of russia after moscow and St. Petersburg, has been decorated to welcome the leaders of BRICS countries. The BRICS summit meeting will not only be attended by BRICS leaders, india, china, south africa, brazil, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, uae and host russia, but also invited countries. About 20 world leaders are expected to be present in the city. BRICS is a group that represents 45% of the world's population, 33% of the world's land area and 28% of the world's economy. BRICS was earlier known as BRIC. It was founded in 2006 in St. Petersburg. The first BRIC summit was held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in 2009.
How did BRIC become BRICS?
In 2010, at the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in New York, a decision was taken to expand BRICS and it became BRICS by including South Africa. south africa participated in the BRICS summit for the first time in 2011. 13 years after the 2011 expansion of BRICS, it was expanded again in 2024. 5 other countries were included in it. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates. saudi arabia is yet to be fully included.
What is the strength of BRICS?
If we look at the population of this group of 10 countries, it is 45 percent of the world's population and 28.5 percent of the world's economy. You can guess the strength of BRICS from these figures. Before russia, a total of 15 BRICS summits have been organized so far.
How many times and where did the BRICS summit take place?
The first BRICS summit was held in russia in 2009. After this, it was organised in brazil in 2010, china in 2011, india in 2012, south africa in 2013, brazil in 2014, russia in 2015, india in 2016, china in 2017, south africa in 2018, brazil in 2019, russia in 2020, india in 2021, china in 2022, south africa in 2023 and this year in 2024 it is being organised again in Russia.