Many
emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs) have come to what
they are today after shaking off the yoke of colonialism. With
perseverance, hard work and huge sacrifices, we succeeded in gaining
independence and have been exploring development paths suited to our
national conditions. Everything we do is to deliver better lives to our
people. But some country, obsessed with maintaining its hegemony,
has gone out of its way to cripple the EMDCs. Whoever is developing fast
becomes its target of containment; whoever is catching up becomes its
target of obstruction. But this is futile, as I have said more than once that blowing out others’ lamp will not bring light to oneself.
Every
country has the right to development, and the people in every country
have the freedom to pursue a happy life. With that in mind, I have
proposed the Global Development Initiative, with the goal of promoting
development for all by the international community and boosting the UN
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Anonymous
The Snake Unveils Its Forked Tongue At Last Crucial Moment
ReplyDeleteA deal to expand the BRICS group of leading developing countries appeared stuck in eleventh hour negotiations at a leaders summit on Wednesday, after all BRICS members had publicly expressed support for growing the bloc.
More than 40 countries have expressed interest in joining BRICS, say South African officials, and 22 have formally asked to be admitted.
"We have a document that we've adopted which sets out guidelines and principles, processes for considering countries that wish to become members of BRICS...That's very positive," summit host South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor says.
So an agreement had been meant to be adopted following a plenary session earlier on Wednesday. But a BRICS member country official with direct knowledge of the discussions said it had been delayed after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced new admission criteria.
"Yesterday ... India pushed for consensus on criteria as well as the issue of (candidate) names. There was a broad understanding," the source said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the speedy expansion of BRICS as well as efforts to promote more just and reasonable global governance.
The BRICS members should just go ahead to admit new members without India's nod, and tell the spoiler it's free to leave the group if it's not happy.
ReplyDeleteThe RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) Agreement between 15 countries was delayed for a long period by nitpicking India until all the countries involved got fed up and went ahead to sign the agreement without India.
India is against expansion. Saying yes but setting unacceptable conditions is as good as saying no. Biden has given India instruction to block whatever BRICS intend to do.
ReplyDeleteThe Indians would say yes and then say, BUT....
ReplyDelete22 countries formally applied but only 6 - Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Ethiopia - get BRICS membership, disappointing Beijing . . the snake wins !
ReplyDeletePeople familiar with the matter had said India’s efforts in the expansion process had focused on the inclusion of India’s strategic partners. Ethiopia is the only one of the new entrants with which India doesn’t have a strategic partnership.
ReplyDeleteYes, the snake won this time. But once the new members join BRICS, they can all vote against the snake and show the door to the snake.
ReplyDeleteBRICS is the representative of the Global South and must be inclusive of all countries in the Global South. All the founding members and new members of BRICS must stand up and be on the side of the Global South and not allow a snake to hijack the bloc to serve the interests of the West and the snake.
After seeing what the snake stood for and had done in the Summit, they have to decide what they should do to the snake. There is no half way house or to give way to the snake. Or BRICS would end up as a flower vase with no practical uses and become a big disappointment. The whole Global South must be in BRICS to be protected by BRICS and to make BRICS big and strong.
Get rid of the snake ASAP. Do not wait for the next Summit. And immediately hold another meeting to admit more members.