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"Ethiopia has cited its key role in founding the African Union and other institutions, along with its national interest as grounds for seeking BRICS membership. However, Western powers might perceive it as drifting into the alternative geopolitical bloc or alignment, which could reduce aid and investment from them.

Ethiopia has historically depended on substantial western support through aid and security cooperation. But its relations with the west have soured as a result of the civil war.Based on past experience, Ethiopia would be an unlikely addition to the grouping. The last and only country to be admitted after the group’s founding was South Africa in 2010. Other countries have applied and have not been admitted. BRICS now operates in what is sometimes described as a BRICS-plus format with countries such as Egypt already members of its development bank and all African leaders invited to the up-coming BRICS’ summit in South Africa.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed thinks that BRICS membership would help restore his arnished image prize recipient. Ahmed is heavily criticised as a war-monger because of the civil war in Ethiopia. Joining the BRICS club, he thinks, would show that his government is still politically acceptable to some major world powers."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ethiopia-wan ... 13026.html