have added urgency to a drive to strengthen the bloc, which has at times suffered from internal divisions and a lack of coherent vision.
Ramaphosa will host Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Aug. 22 to 24.for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, will not travel to South Africa and instead join virtually. The leaders will hold a mini-retreat and dinner on Tuesday evening where they are likely to discuss a framework and criteria for admitting new countries.Russia is keen to bring in new members to counter its diplomatic isolation over its invasion of Ukraine. South Africa has also voiced support.