South Africa backs Russian proposal to create BRICS space council

Specialists from the space agencies of the bloc’s member states have convened for a two-day meeting in Moscow

Russia’s initiative to create a space council within the BRICS group has received the backing of South Africa, according to Humbulani Mudau, executive director of Pretoria’s National Space Agency (SANSA).  

Mudau made the statement on Thursday at the start of a two-day summit of the heads of the space agencies of the BRICS member states in Moscow, TASS reported.