China ready to help Sri Lanka join BRICS

China is among the countries which are ready to help Sri Lanka join the BRICS coalition in the future, a bloc with economies which account for an estimated 37.3% of global gross domestic product based on purchasing power parity.

 

Sri Lanka, at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October, last year, placed on record its request to join the bloc. However, Sri Lanka’s application will be considered later since BRICS has no plan for expansion at the moment

 

On October 2024 the BRICS which is the acronym for its five original members —Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—welcomed into their bloc Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In January 2025, Indonesia became the bloc’s tenth member.

 

Brazil is the current chair of BRICS. The goals of BRICS under Brazilian presidency are facilitating trade and investment: promoting economic integration through the development of efficient payment systems, regulating artificial intelligence: promoting inclusive and responsible AI governance for development purposes, tackling climate change: improving financing mechanisms to support global efforts in coordination with the COP30 climate summit (also taking place in Brazil in November), cooperation in the field of public health: strengthening cooperation projects between member countries with a focus on improving public health systems: institutional development.

 

Earlier, Russia expressed support for Sri Lanka to join BRICS in the future. After that, India also announced that it will consider support for Sri Lanka when new members are welcomed into the bloc.

 

However, under the current global developments, BRICS is in fresh conflict with the United States since President Donald Trump has warned that BRICS countries attempting to replace the dollar as a trading currency would face 100 percent tariffs on their trade with his country. The threat comes in the wake of attempts by the countries in the bloc to replace the US currency. Sri Lanka is now in negotiation with the US to get redress from the reciprocal tariffs.