UAE president appreciates inclusion of his country in BRICS

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that his country looks forward to working with BRICS for the benefit of all. He also thanked the BRICS leadership for including UAE in the grouping.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote, "We respect the vision of the BRICS leadership and appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group.

We look forward to a continued commitment of cooperation for the prosperity, dignity and benefit of all nations and people around the world."

His reaction came hours after BRICS group of nations on Thursday decided to include six new members- Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

BRICS was set up in 2009 as a group of emerging market economies - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - and later in 2010 South Africa was inducted into the group.