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Leaders of the Brics countries pose for a group photograph in Johannesburg on Wednesday. AFP
Leaders of the Brics countries pose for a group photograph in Johannesburg on Wednesday. AFP
Brics invites the UAE – another sign that the multipolar world is here
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Nickolay Mladenov
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Nickolay Mladenov is director general of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy. He was formerly undersecretary general of the UN, and foreign and defence minister of Bulgaria
24 August, 2023