External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday applauded the intergovernmental organisation BRICS, stating a large number of countries willing to join the platform.Like any product, you test at a market, we tested it (BRICS) last year in the market, asking how many of want to join BRICS, and we got almost 30 countries who were willing to join BRICS, he said, adding, ‘Clearly, 30 countries saw value in it, there must be something good with that.’Jaishankar’s remarks came at the Munich Security Conference 2024. He was seated with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock.The moderator Roula Khalaf had questioned Jaishankar and Blinken if the development of BRICS, and other groups poses a challenge to the West or potentially serves as a bridge, particularly amid the ongoing competition between the US and China. Jaishankar emphasized the historical context of BRICS, highlighting that it originated during an era of strong Western dominance when the G7 held a premier position.