Argentina pulls out of plans to join Brics bloc - BBC News

It had been due in a few days to join the group, seen as a counterweight to the Western-led world.

23 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Mr Milei said his foreign policy "differs in many ways from that of the previous government"By Robert PlummerBBC NewsArgentina's new President, Javier Milei, has withdrawn the country from its planned entry into the expanding Brics club of nations.

In a letter to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Mr Milei said decisions taken by the preceding government had been revised.

The Brics countries are often seen as a counterweight to the Western-led world.

Argentina had been among a much-vaunted new tranche of six countries poised to join the grouping next month.

It would have been admitted to the Brics club on 1 January, alongside Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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