Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo: Egypt joined BRICS this year (Photo: AFP/Anadolu/Turkish Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurd)
Eurasia
04/09/2024 21:45
Bloomberg earlier reported, citing sources, that Turkish authorities had applied to join BRICS several months ago, the news site added.
According to the news agency, the issue of the association's expansion will be considered at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Oct. 22-24, which will be attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Türkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) spokesperson Ömer Çelik too confirmed on Tuesday Türkiye was taking a step toward joining BRICS but said there was no concrete action yet.
The BRICS grouping, named after Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, includes some of the biggest emerging economies. At the start of this year, it had four new members: Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ethiopia and Egypt. Saudi Arabia was invited to join, though the kingdom has yet to do so.
About 30 appeals from different countries proposing to establish various forms of cooperation are now being sifted through by BRICS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in June, according to TASS.
