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The United Arab Emirates is amongst the 5 countries who today became officially part of the BRICS family.
Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt and Iran are some of the nationd that are now part of the international block which was formed in 2006.
No name for the expanded group has been announced, but it is thought it might be “Brics +”.
Brics countries include major world powers, such as China and Russia, and countries which are major powers on their continent, such as South Africa and Brazil.
