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"The US is using its position to suffocate those countries that do not accept its ideology by introducing sanctions against them. As a result, sovereign states sometimes cannot use their dollar[-denominated] bank assets when they want to," Xavier Messe A Tiati said
Vice President Kashim Shettima will today depart Abuja for Johannesburg, South Africa, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS Summit of
STORY: The group of emerging economies known as BRICS makes up more than 40% of the world's population and a quarter of the global economy.
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It will also continue its outreach to leaders from Africa and the global South as it focuses on global geopolitics, trade, and infrastructure development.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Johannesburg on August 22 to attend the upcoming BRICS summit. Leaders of the governments of BRICS countries, including Brazil, India, China and South Africa, are expected to attend the meeting. At the summit, Russia, a influential member of the p