Saudi Arabia is having second thoughts in joining BRICS

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said today that Saudi Arabia will consider whether to join the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging economies once it gets "the details" on "the nature of membership", after the bloc admitted six more countries on Thursday.

"We are awaiting details from the group on the invitation, the nature of the membership and its elements. Based on that and the internal measures, we will take the appropriate decision," Bin Farhan was quoted as saying by private Saudi television Al Arabiya.

Saudi Arabia says it will study whether to join BRICS after getting "the details"

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said today that Saudi Arabia will consi...

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[Kuru]

I guess Saudi Arabia might back out from BRICS to show solidarity with her all weather ally Pakistan; which continues to have total and complete influence on Saudi Arabia's foreign policy.

 

[Trango Towers]

I guess Saudi Arabia might back out from BRICS to show solidarity with her all weather ally Pakistan; which continues to have total and complete influence on Saudi Arabia's foreign policy.

Are you devoid of all sanity?

 

[LeGenD]

I guess Saudi Arabia might back out from BRICS to show solidarity with her all weather ally Pakistan; which continues to have total and complete influence on Saudi Arabia's foreign policy.

Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country and can make its own decisions, it normally does.

Question is what BRICS has to offer to Saudi Arabia? Is this a feel-good bloc? An experiment?

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

BRICS is an anti-West alliance. If Saudi Arabia gets into it, good.

But with India in BRICS is pointless since India is an enemy of China.

 

[LeGenD]

BRICS is an anti-West alliance. If Saudi Arabia gets into it, good.

But with India in BRICS is pointless since India is an enemy of China.

No sane country would want to get involved in an anti-West alliance and create powerful enemies for itself.

Progressive countries work with the entire world and do not a pick side for the sake of it.

BRICS needs to revisit its purpose if it is to attract a large number of countries.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

No sane country would want to get involved in an anti-West alliance and create powerful enemies for itself.

Progressive countries work with the entire world and do not a pick side for the sake of it.

BRICS needs to revisit its purpose if it is to attract a large number of countries.

KSA is an easy target than Iraq or Libya.

West will not sit and watch KSA start selling Oil in Yuan.

KSA seems to have gotten the memo and having second thoughts in joining BRICS.

Indonesia and Bangladesh have already backed out from joining BRICS.

 

[EternalMortal]

No sane country would want to get involved in an anti-West alliance and create powerful enemies for itself.

Progressive countries work with the entire world and do not a pick side for the sake of it.

BRICS needs to revisit its purpose if it is to attract a large number of countries.

Many (most?) countries are tired of the current western dominated political framework & wish to move towards an alternative world order.

It’s not that they seek to be hostile to the west but they will naturally use BRICS as leverage and a safety net.

All the while they will create frameworks & structures to shape the world in a way that they believe to be fairer to them than it currently is.

Of course the western ego & arrogance will most definitely see anything that reduces their control & domination as hostile, as they did with Imran Khan.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

Many (most?) countries are tired of the current western dominated political framework & wish to move towards an alternative world order.

It’s not that they seek to be hostile to the west but they will naturally use BRICS as leverage and a safety net.

All the while they will create frameworks & structures to shape the world in a way that they believe to be fairer to them than it currently is.

Of course the western ego & arrogance will most definitely see anything that reduces their control & domination as hostile, as they did with Imran Khan.

Having a desire is one thing, achieving is an other.

The current Bretton woods economic system is strongly backed by the power of the NATO.

The NATO has already defeated Russia.

No country wants to take a chance by joining BRICS and gain the wrath of the NATO.

China assured BD of protection from NATO and Russia did the same with KSA but BD and Indonesia have already backed out and KSA is doing the same.

The fact is neither Russia nor China can match the power of the NATO.

So no country will take a chance and join BRICS.

Only countries that are already under severe NATO / Western sanctions like Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Venezuela etc. will take the risk of joining BRICS.

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[kankan326]

I guess Saudi crown prince got a call from White House yesterday.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

I guess Saudi crown prince got a call from White House yesterday.

KSA will be shutdown if it joins BRICS.

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[K_Bin_W]

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said today that Saudi Arabia will consider whether to join the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging economies once it gets "the details" on "the nature of membership", after the bloc admitted six more countries on Thursday.

"We are awaiting details from the group on the invitation, the nature of the membership and its elements. Based on that and the internal measures, we will take the appropriate decision," Bin Farhan was quoted as saying by private Saudi television Al Arabiya.

Saudi Arabia says it will study whether to join BRICS after getting "the details"

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said today that Saudi Arabia will consi...

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The million-dollar question is, does it bring any value/benefit or it's just a gang of holalalalala and that's it.

 

[Viet]

Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country and can make its own decisions, it normally does.

Question is what BRICS has to offer to Saudi Arabia? Is this a feel-good bloc? An experiment?

Brics was invented by a western funds manager. Those countries have nothing in common except be overpopulated in case of China and India. Until recently the group is irrelevant and unknown.

That has changed. Putin and Xi now want to make the group into an anti western bloc. They have own agenda. They can spread more propaganda and cheap rhetoric on broader audience.

 

[CallSignMaverick]

Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country and can make its own decisions, it normally does.

Question is what BRICS has to offer to Saudi Arabia? Is this a feel-good bloc? An experiment?

BRICS is a useless organisation, all talks no substance. As some commentator said, the only thing BRICS controls is its next venue for a summit.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

The million-dollar question is, does it bring any value/benefit or it's just a gang of holalalalala and that's it.

The benefit of joining BRICS is debatable but joining BRICS surely brings the risk of a color revolution.