ALGIERS —
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that his country, Africa’s largest natural
gas exporter, could join the BRICS economic group.
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The BRICS group comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
“The BRICS interest us” as an alternative to traditional power centers,
Tebboune said in a televised interview late Sunday. “They constitute an
economic and political force.”
He underlined that there was no need to “get ahead of things” but
promised “good news”.
The president added that his North African country meets “a good part” of
the economic criteria for joining the bloc.
BRICS members currently account for nearly a quarter of the world’s gross
domestic product.
Tebboune’s comment comes after Russian President
Vladimir Putin — whose
country is hit with Western sanctions over its Ukraine invasion — in June
called on BRICS leaders to move towards “formation of a truly multipolar system
of inter-government relations”.
He participated in a BRICS virtual summit at the end of June, when Putin
called on leaders of the group to cooperate in the face of “selfish actions”
from the West.
Sanctions over Ukraine have pushed Putin to seek new markets and
strengthen ties with countries in Africa and Asia.
Algiers abstained when the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a
resolution in March demanding Russia immediately withdraw from Ukraine.
China, India, and South Africa also abstained.
On a visit to Algeria in May, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
trade between his country and Algeria had reached $3 billion last year.
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