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Uganda Considering BRICS Partnership Offer, Says Uganda Foreign Minister
Ugandan Foreign Minister Odongo confirms the country's consideration of the BRICS partnership invitation
Friday, January 10, 2025

Uganda has received an invitation from Russia to become a partner country of BRICS and is currently considering the offer, Ugandan Foreign Minister Abubaker Jeje Odongo.

“Uganda has received an invitation to join BRICS as a partner. About three days ago, I got this invitation. On the eve of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum's first ministerial session, Odongo stated, “We are currently going through all the necessary procedures to determine whether we will accept this invitation or not.”

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart that Russia has supported Uganda as a BRICS partner nation emphasizing its “well-balanced and constructive” approach to international affairs.

Following the BRICS summit in Kazan, it became known that 13 countries received the status of partner countries of the association. BRICS partners were Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam.

The Eastern Herald

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