Algeria keen on BRICS membership, submits application

Cairo: Algeria has submitted an official application to join the BRICS economic bloc, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the Al-Shorouk newspaper reported on Monday, citing Leila Zaruki, the Algerian Foreign Ministry special envoy for international partnership.
In August, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that his country was ready to join BRICS and that there were almost all the good conditions for this. (UNI/SPUTNIK)