Ghanaian businessman explains country's BRICS aspirations

The head of the Center for Trade and Relations between Ghana and Russia, John Agri, said that it is important for Ghana to join BRICS for closer cooperation with Russia and China.

The Government of Ghana has approved the submission of an official application for the country to join BRICS.

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. It is important for Ghana to join BRICS for the sake of closer cooperation with such promising partners as Russia and China, John Agri, head of the Center for Trade and Relations between Ghana and Russia, expressed the opinion of RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the government of Ghana approved the submission of an official application for the country to join BRICS.

"China has many of the goods that Ghana needs. Russia has very advanced information technology. Ghana has a need for all this for the development of healthcare, the transport network. We need all the support we can get, and what better way to join an association where we can get it?" - Agri said on the sidelines of the last II Global Digital Forum.

He also believes that membership in BRICS would give Ghana advantages in the large markets of the member countries of this association.

Currently, BRICS includes 11 countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Indonesia. The countries of the association account for about 40% of world GDP and almost half of the world's population.