The first BRICS Summit, after the inclusion of South Africa, was held

The first BRICS Summit, after the inclusion of South Africa, was held at

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Brasilia

Sanya

Yekaterinburg

Durban

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South Africa was formally invited to join the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China) in December 2010. The group was renamed BRICS to include South Africa. The first BRICS summit after South Africa’s inclusion was the third BRICS summit, held in Sanya, China, in April 2011.

The first BRICS summit *after* South Africa’s inclusion was the 2011 summit.

The first BRIC summit (before South Africa joined) was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009. Brasilia hosted the second BRIC summit in 2010. Durban, South Africa, hosted the fifth BRICS summit in 2013, which was the first BRICS summit hosted by South Africa.

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