BRICS
BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China, and... Wikipedia
- Abbreviation: BRICS
- Named after: Member states' initials
- Predecessor: BRIC
- Founder: UNGA 61st session, Celso Amorim, Sergey Lavrov, Pranab Mukherjee, Li Zhaoxing, Vladimir Putin 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 (2021): 5
- Data source: DuckDuckGo