(Bloomberg) -- Iran asked South Africa's government to support its “accelerated membership” of BRICS, as the five-nation bloc prepares to hold a summit later this month.
“We hope to obtain the opportunity of accelerated membership under strong support we hope to receive from South Africa,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said at a briefing in the capital, Pretoria, on Thursday.
The heads of state of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are scheduled to hold a meeting Aug. 22-24 to discuss issues including the expansion of the group.
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