Cuba officially wants in on the BRICS group as a partner country. Foreign Minister Carlos Miguel Pereira announced that the country has submitted a formal request to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin,

"Cuba has officially requested to join the BRICS as a 'Partner Country' through a letter to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who holds the presidency of the group," said Carlos M. Pereira, the director of bilateral relations at the Cuban Foreign Ministry,

Cuba has formally applied to join the BRICS group as a “partner country,” according to recent statements from Cuban and Russian officials. The request was made through an official