Nigeria becomes BRICS partner country

Brazil, which currently holds the rotating presidency of BRICS with effect 01 Jan 25, announced that Nigeria has been given the status of the group’s partner country.

It has become the ninth country to have partnership status.”The Brazilian government announces today, January 17, 2025, the official accession of Nigeria as a partner country of the group,” the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

At a BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia in October, it was decided to establish a category of BRICS partner countries.

The first countries to become partners were Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

Indonesia was also initially named as a BRICS partner, but on January 6, Brazil announced that the Asian country had been given a status of full member.

BRICS and Nigeria have common interests, as the African nation, like the group, rigorously works to strengthen cooperation among countries of the Global South and calls for reforming international organizations.