Azerbaijan has officially applied to join BRICS, a coalition of emerging-market countries led by China and Russia, BNN Bloomberg reports on August 20th. The news was confirmed by Foreign Ministry spokesman Ayxan Hacizada in Baku, who spoke by phone on Tuesday, August 20th. Azerbaijan is the latest applicant to BRICS, which expanded in January with the inclusion of Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, and Egypt after years of consisting of just five members.
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