BRICS members push for broader international role, expanded membership

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Expanding the membership to BRICS — made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is on the agenda as leaders from those countries meet in Johannesburg without President Vladimir Putin. The group is also lobbying for a bigger presence on the international stage.

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