Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and China's president Xi Jinping (R) shake hands during a meeting within the Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) summit, in Xiamen, China on September 5, 2017 [Egyptian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency]
Middle East Monitor: BRICS expects Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to join group soon
The president of the BRICS International Forum expects Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to join the group "very soon". In an interview with Russia's Izvestia, Purnima Anand said that China, Russia and India discussed this issue during the 14th BRICS Summit, which was held online last month.
"All these countries have shown an interest in joining and are preparing to apply for membership. I think this is a good step, because expansion is always perceived positively; this will clearly increase the influence of BRICS in the world," explained Anand. "I hope that the accession of countries to BRICS will happen very quickly, because now all representatives of the core of the association are interested in expanding the organisation, so it will be very soon."
She stressed that the accession of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey may not take place at the same time.
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