Argentina won't join BRICS as scheduled, says member of Milei's transition team
The Hindu
Argentina will not join BRICS bloc in 2024 as planned, per President-elect Milei's team. Milei, a right-wing populist, has criticized China and Brazil, and favors US and Israel as allies. Foreign Minister Mondino downplayed BRICS' importance, saying it's more political than economic.
Argentina will not be joining the BRICS bloc of developing economies next year as scheduled, a senior official in President-elect Javier Milei’s team said on November 30.
“We will not join the BRICS,” Diana Mondino, who Mr. Milei picked as Foreign Minister once he is sworn into office on December 10, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The move appears to be a preview of the drastic shift in foreign policy that will be implemented in Argentina once right-wing populist Mr. Milei takes office.
Mr. Milei, a libertarian, harshly criticised China while on the campaign trail and threatened to break diplomatic relations with the country, saying in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that “I am not going to do business with any communist."
Although he has toned down that rhetoric since winning the November 19 election, Mr. Milei has also criticised the leftist government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
During the campaign, Mr. Milei, an admirer of former President Donald Trump, repeatedly said that if he were to win “my allies would be the United States and Israel.”
Ms. Mondino had previously downplayed the importance of BRICS.
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