Russia welcomes Türkiye’s reported curiosity in becoming a member of the BRICS financial bloc, the Kremlin spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday, saying the topic could be on the agenda of the group’s subsequent summit.
“We, in fact, all welcome the elevated curiosity in BRICS on the a part of our neighbors, together with such essential companions as Türkiye,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters in a press briefing in Moscow.
Expressing that Türkiye’s curiosity within the bloc shall be on the agenda of the BRICS summit to be chaired by Russia, Peskov mentioned the group is unlikely to completely fulfill the curiosity of all international locations wishing to affix.
“But BRICS is all for sustaining contacts with all states. For this objective, numerous codecs for sustaining contacts at the moment are being thought via. This is a course of prolonged over time. But we welcome such eager curiosity,” he added.
On Monday, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan started visiting Beijing, the highest-level go to by a Turkish official to BRICS member China since 2012. Fidan held talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and different officers throughout the go to.
When requested whether or not Türkiye would wish to be a part of BRICS throughout a chat on the Center for China and Globalization on Monday, Fidan mentioned, “We would like to, of course; why would we not?,” a report from Reuters indicated. However, he didn’t elaborate additional.
The Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted Fidan as saying that whereas Türkiye was in a customs union with Brussels, it was additionally exploring new alternatives for cooperation with a number of companions in several platforms, resembling BRICS, and that he would attend a deliberate assembly of the group subsequent week in Russia.
The Russian metropolis Nizhny Novgorod will host a gathering of BRICS overseas ministers on June 10-11.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Ankara would take steps to affix the BRICS group, as Ankara has not beforehand said its want to formally be a part of.
BRICS is a bloc of rising economies, which incorporates Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and not too long ago admitted Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as full members.
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