Azerbaijan introduced that it utilized for membership within the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) alliance, in a transfer welcomed by Russia.
“Azerbaijan has officially applied to become a member of BRICS,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada advised Anadolu Agency (AA) in an interview.
Azerbaijan’s curiosity in becoming a member of BRICS was acknowledged in a joint declaration with China on establishing a strategic partnership between the 2 nations, which was signed throughout a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana early final month.
It acknowledged Azerbaijan’s want to affix BRICS and indicated that China welcomed this request.
A joint declaration adopted throughout Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest go to to Azerbaijan on Aug. 18-19 additionally declared Moscow’s help for Baku’s membership.
For over a decade, the bloc included simply 5 nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates joined in January, and Saudi Arabia has mentioned it is contemplating doing in order properly.
The membership already contains among the world’s largest oil producers, and accounts for properly over 1 / 4 of the world’s GDP. Its members Russia and Iran have had their relations with the West stretched to breaking level over Moscow’s struggle on Ukraine and Iran’s regional insurance policies.
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