<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" id="mwA40" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" id="mwA44" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwA48" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" id="mwA5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" id="mwA5E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> join <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS" id="mwA5I" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BRICS">BRICS</a>.<sup about="#mwt576" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-113"}}' id="cite_ref-113" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-113" id="mwA5M" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 113;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwA5Q">[113]</span></a></sup>
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