Iranian International Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Tehran for Cape City, South Africa on Thursday morning on the head of a high-ranking political delegation to take part in a gathering of the BRICS group of nations. 

Amirabdollahian will attend the assembly on the invitation of his South African counterpart.

Throughout his go to, the Iranian overseas minister can also be scheduled to carry high-profile conferences together with his counterparts to debate bilateral ties and problems with mutual curiosity.

The BRICS Group consists of the world’s rising economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- which maintain about half of world’s inhabitants, accounting for 30 p.c of complete land space of the world. 

The importance of this group and its main function on this planet financial system has prompted a number of international locations together with Iran to point out their tendency to affix the commerce and financial group. 

The assembly of the BRICS group of nations is slated on June 2.