Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that his country would join the BRICS bloc soon, Paralel.Az reports citing TRT Africa.

BRICS is an intergovernmental economic bloc originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The bloc's new members are Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Speaking in Russia at the weekend after attending an economic forum there, Mnangagwa said: "On joining BRICS, I discussed that issue with my dear brother, President (Vladimir) Putin (of Russia), telling him that it is our desire to join the bloc.