BRICS leaders outline criteria for partner states, Kremlin aide says
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The BRICS leaders have given the green light to a 13-member format, Yury Ushakov noted without disclosing the names of potential new members “because it will be necessary to discuss with them how ready they are for full-fledged or any other BRICS membership”