Working together brings results, SA counselor believes

South Africa expects the BRICS to deepen partnerships within its members as well as broadening cooperation to areas beyond as the bloc is entering its second 10 years, a senior diplomat said.

"Over the past decade, BRICS has provided an alternative voice to the international economic and political situation while strengthening the global order and upholding the principle of multilateralism and the centrality of the United Nations," the South African embassy's economic counselor, Thandukwazi Nyawose, told China Daily.

"It is the voice of the underdeveloped or developing countries," he said.