On 1/7/2025 6:07 AM, Charlie wrote:
> The case of Indonesia poses a small puzzle. All the press coverage
I've seen reports that the current president country, Brazil, announced
that Indonesia became the tenth member of BRICS. But there is no
statement from Indonesia. For example:
> Indonesia officially becomes full member of BRICS bloc
> Jan. 6, 2025
Beijing also just verified 'full member' not partner status:
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/202501/t20250106_11527794.html
Very opaque, this expansion process:
* first, of entry to the BRICS as a new 'full member' invitee in
August 2023 (Joburg summit) - but of course that doesn't mean
membership in the BRICS New Development Bank, as Ethiopia showed by
defaulting on foreign debt a few days before it joined a year ago
and hence not getting NDB access; and
* second, in October 2024 (Kazan summit) due to the difficulty of
digesting unruly new members (e.g. Egypt and Ethiopia which tried to
sabotage South Africa's chance to be a Jim-Crow permanent member of
the UN in September 2024).
Doesn't matter much in the whole scheme of things, I suspect, as this
club goes through various ebbs and flows. For mainly symbolic reasons,
the two key prizes - Saudi Arabia and Turkiye - remain elusive.
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