TWELVE MORE COUNTRIES APPLY TO JOIN OR ARE CONSIDERING JOINING BRICS

According to Sergey Lavrov the following countries have applied to join or are seriously considering joining BRICS :

Algeria, Argentina, and Iran have already applied;

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates are considering.

See : The New Candidate Countries For BRICS Expansion