BRICS plans to agree on the list of candidate countries for the common status of the organization for the summit planned to be held in Kazan in 2024. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov, VI. He stated this at the plenary session of the International Forum “Russia and Iberoamerica in a Turbulent World: History and Modernity”. TASS.
Event St. It took place at St. Petersburg State University (SPBSU). At the same time, the representative of the foreign policy department noted in his speech that the BRICS leadership is currently trying to implement the decisions taken at the last summit in Johannesburg.
In particular, we are talking about granting the club’s partner states a new status as close as possible to full membership in the organization. As Ryabkov explained, an agreement on the list of potential candidates should be reached by October next year.
“We do not exclude some Latin American countries from falling into this situation,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister added.
The last BRICS summit was held in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 22 to 24 August 2023. As a result of the forum, the following decision was reached: to invite Six more countries joined the organization: Egypt, Argentina, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iran.
Previously Russian President Vladimir Putin said About the importance of BRICS.
Source: Gazeta
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