(Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan has formally applied to become a member of BRICS, a group of emerging-market nations led by China and Russia, Ayxan Hacizada, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Baku, said by phone on Tuesday.
Azerbaijan is the latest applicant to the BRICS — a club that for years consisted of just five members and expanded with the inclusion of Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt this January.
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