6 new countries have been added to the BRICS alliance, Photo: File
Jakarta: After the meeting of the BRICS group in South Africa, the president of Indonesia has said that he wants to join the group, but he will not act hastily for it.
According to the report of the Qatari broadcasting agency “Al Jazeera”, the meeting of the “BRICS” economic alliance of emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ended without Indonesia becoming a member of the alliance.
About 40 new countries had expressed interest in joining BRICS, but only Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Argentina were announced, bringing the alliance from five to 11 countries. will consist of
However, Indonesia’s absence from joining BRICS as a new member state was a surprise to all. The reason for which may be Indonesia’s reservations about the presence of big countries like China and Russia in the group.
Indonesia is considered the most eligible country to join the BRICS alliance and BRICS member countries have also expressed their desire to join Indonesia.
Economists were also calling joining BRICS as a useful and natural alliance for Indonesia, a country rich in natural resources, due to which it was felt that Indonesia’s joining BRICS would be announced at this meeting.
It should be noted that Indonesia, a South Asian country with a population of 27 million, is an important and emerging economy in the region and has the potential to become one of the 5 largest economies in the world by the middle of this century.
Despite having the same potential as emerging economies, Indonesia chose to stay away from BRICS as part of its non-aligned policy.
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo hinted at a further delay in joining at the end of the BRICS summit, saying he wanted membership of the alliance but did not want to rush into it.
Anil Sokal, the ambassador of South Africa, the host country of the BRICS meeting, said in this regard that Indonesia will consult with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), for which BRICS has asked for some more time.
Experts attributed Indonesia’s decision not to join the BRICS alliance to its decades-long policy of non-alignment in the region.
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