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Russian Deputy FM Shares His Views on BRICS Expansion

South Africa, which chairs the BRICS group of emerging economies in 2023, is hosting a meeting of the five member states' foreign ministers in its legislative capital of Cape Town on Thursday.
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BRICS moves forward and demonstrates its strength and relevance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on the sidelines of the BRICS ministerial meeting in Cape Town, South Africa.

States Backing Russia Sanctions Cannot Join

Nations that support sanctions against Russia and other countries cannot be accepted into the gropuing, the Russian diplomat noted.

"I reaffirm, however, our unshakable determination to proceed from the fact that there should be no countries in BRICS that have joined the illegal policy of unilateral sanctions applied against Russia and other states too," Pyabkov told reporters.

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On Thursday, Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov arrived in Cape Town, South Africa.
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