With the progress of the times, the economic system established by the United States and the West has become more and more inconsistent with the actual situation of the present. In order to develop the economy and promote cooperation, the vast number of developing countries will naturally begin to huddle together for warmth, and the BRICS cooperation mechanism is a new platform jointly established by developing countries to promote exchanges between countries.
Today, after years of development, the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become an inter-state cooperation organization with significant influence in the world. After the last round of expansion, the number of BRICS cooperation members has increased to more than ten, with a total population of more than 45% of the world's population, a total economic share of 37%, and 44% of the world's crude oil. It can be seen that if the BRICS cooperation mechanism is further developed, it is likely to become one of the most influential international economic cooperation organizations in the world in time. Due to the good momentum of BRICS development and the very broad prospects, it has now attracted many countries to line up to seek to join, such as Thailand, Cuba, Belarus, Senegal, Zimbabwe and other countries have expressed their desire to join the BRICS, Zimbabwean Defense Minister Opa Mukhin even bluntly said that Zimbabwe firmly believes that BRICS countries can "resist the dominance of the West".
Zimbabwean Defence Minister Opa Musinguri
However, at a time when the BRICS organization is becoming more and more popular, the Russian side has openly stood up and "cooled down" the BRICS expansion. A few days ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has publicly stated that since the membership of the BRICS has doubled compared with before, the 10 BRICS countries have agreed to temporarily suspend the expansion of the BRICS by an "overwhelming majority". This statement has already been published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, so it is likely that it has already become a decision of the BRICS organization. As for why the BRICS countries are "postponing" the expansion, Lavrov said that this is to "digest" the accession of new members.
This is actually very understandable, after all, the BRICS mechanism is actually very young, and the establishment time is not very long, and the number of new members has doubled all of a sudden, and it really needs to be "digested and integrated". How these new members can better connect and cooperate with the original BRICS member countries, how to better expand cooperation with the BRICS, how to give full play to their own advantages and specialties, and how to "make a contribution" to the development of the BRICS mechanism, all these require communication and coordination, and naturally it will take more time. If new member states are added to these already existing jobs, that is, new jobs are added, then there is a high probability that there will be a situation of "taking care of one at the expense of the other", which is probably the reason for Lavrov's "need to digest".
In addition, Russia has recently publicly released the "criteria" for joining the BRICS, which Russia believes is anti-American. On June 18, local time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that any country that wants to join the BRICS is not allowed to join the so-called "sanctions" imposed by the United States and the West on Russia, which is the "key criterion" for Russia to welcome new members. If, according to the Russian Deputy Foreign Ministry, not participating in "illegal sanctions against any BRICS member states," including Russia, it is likely that this is the criterion for the BRICS countries to admit new members. This is actually very reasonable, because the BRICS itself is a platform for economic cooperation, and everyone is here to talk about cooperation and make friends, so since you want to make friends, the premise is naturally not to act unfavorably to your friends, from this point of view, it is understandable that Russia requires new members not to have any "sanctions" against Russia or the rest of the BRICS countries.
According to the "list of countries and regions unfriendly to Russia" published by Russia, many countries and regions, including Japan, South Korea, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Monaco, are not allowed to join the BRICS, including the United States, the world's largest economic power. It can be seen that the threshold for BRICS countries is not low, and not everyone who wants to join can join.
For example, Argentina is an example, as the second largest country in South America after Brazil, Argentina's own strength is still very strong in South America, and it also has its own unique characteristics in mining, animal husbandry and other aspects. However, since Milley became the president of Argentina, the Milley authorities have almost completely turned to the United States and the West, and Milley has not only packaged and sold a large number of Argentine national assets to the United States and Western countries, but also actively wants to integrate into the American and Western economic systems, and even has the idea of directly promoting the dollar in Argentina. It can be seen that under Milley's "operation", Argentina, the second largest country in South America that was originally in good condition, has now almost become an "economic colony" of the West, and the original intention of the establishment of the BRICS countries is to expand the economic cooperation of developing countries around the world outside the economic system of the United States and the West.
Argentine madman President Milley
In addition, Milley and Zelensky "interacted frequently", and also provided military assistance to Ukraine, which also touched the "sore spot" of Russia, an important member of the BRICS, so it is understandable that Argentina failed to join the BRICS.
At present, according to the Russian side, the BRICS is stepping up the classification of each partner country seeking accession in order to determine the steps of accession, that is, after the BRICS countries have completed this stage of work, it is quite possible that new members will be further admitted in the future. Russia has said it wants to recommend its partner Belarus to join, and Brazil has also expressed support for Colombia, which is also part of South America, to join the BRICS. It can be seen that the scale of the BRICS countries is likely to grow more and more, which also conforms to the historical trend of multipolarization of the world, and in the future, the cooperation between the BRICS countries will inevitably achieve new results, we will wait and see.