Growing BRICS group shows internal rifts as ministers fall short of joint statement

Open this photo in gallery: Ragui El-Etreby, Assistant Minister for Multilateral International and Regional Economic Affairs of Egypt, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on Economic Diplomacy, Seyed Rasoul Mohajer and Ambassador Dammu Ravi pose for a family picture, on the day of the BRICS Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Rio de…