BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" in 2001 by Goldman Sachs... Wikipedia
- Abbreviation: BRICS
- Named after: Member states' initials
- Predecessor: BRIC
- Founder: UNGA 61st session, Celso Amorim, Sergey Lavrov, Narendra Modi, Li Zhaoxing, Vladimir Putin, Hu Jintao 1st BRIC summit, Lula da Silva, Dmitry Medvedev, Manmohan Singh, Hu Jintao
- Founded at: UN HQ, NYC (UNGA 61st session), Yekaterinburg (1st BRIC summit)
- Type: Intergovernmental organization
- Purpose: Political
- Headquarters: BRICS Tower
- Fields: International politics
- Membership (2022): 5
- Data source: DuckDuckGo