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Experts pour cold water on Tunisia BRICS ‘bid,’ as country rejects IMF

Experts say economic reforms and stronger anti-Western credentials are needed before the North African country could be seriously considered to join the five-member bloc.

A man passes the BRICS summit logo at a hall in Ufa on July 9, 2015 prior to the start of the 7th BRICS summit. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
A man passes the BRICS summit logo at a hall in Ufa on July 9, 2015 prior to the start of the 7th BRICS summit. — ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images

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