00:00Zimbabwe has officially submitted its application to join BRICS, the country's foreign minister
00:05announced during a visit in Moscow on Thursday.
00:08Speaking alongside Russian foreign minister, he emphasized Zimbabwe's commitment to meet
00:12BRICS membership requirements.
00:14BRICS is one of the most important platforms for economic cooperation that is based on
00:23principles of mutual respect and sovereign equality of nations.
00:30Therefore, Zimbabwe would benefit from any system that respects these key principles
00:38of human interaction and human progress, and BRICS is one of them.
00:42And we are in the process of making sure that we meet the required conditions by BRICS and,
00:52of course, we are applying, we will be waiting for a reply that is according to the consensus
01:03that will be in BRICS.
01:05The BRICS bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has been expanding
01:11its influence with several nations expressing interest in joining.
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