By the end of the BRICS summit that took place from August 22 to 24 in South Africa, the BRICS group, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, had added six new members: Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran.
The expansion undercuts mainstream Western media reports hyping divisions within BRICS.
BRICS has surpassed the Group of Seven (G7) in global share of GDP. The addition of the six
