BRICS cooperation
- BRICS coordination on multilateral reform
- The three pillars organize BRICS cooperation
- Rotating leadership in BRICS
- BRICS operates without a constitutive treaty or permanent secretariat
- BRICS members take decisions by consensus
- BRICS partner participation differs from full membership
- BRICS Outreach and Plus distinguish regional and wider invitations
- The first BRIC leaders’ summit took place in Russia in 2009
- South Africa joined the original BRIC grouping in 2011