BRICS is an alliance to negotiate with the Global North and strive for the world to become a “just one” and no country is discriminated, Teruneh elaborated. BRICS Plus would serve as a balancing force for the Global South and help them enjoy more choices in their economic and political relations with the rest of the world, according to the former Ethiopian diplomat. Adding new members to the BRICS bloc of developing countries would give the group an impetus to implement its ideology of making the world “fairer and non-discriminatory.” Will BRICS help develop the develop the continent ?

