Head of the BRICS forum: Three more countries expressed their intention to become members of the association

President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand said that Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey intend to become members of the international organization. According to her, during the 14th BRICS Leaders Summit, which was held in Beijing in a virtual format from June 23 to 24, this issue was discussed by China, Russia and India. Iran and Argentina have already applied for BRICS membership.

All these countries have shown their interest in joining and are preparing to apply for membership. I think this is a good step, since expansion is always perceived positively, it will clearly increase the influence of BRICS around the world.

Purnima Anand told reporters "Izvestia".

The head of the BRICS expressed confidence that the entry of new members will happen quickly enough, although it will not be one-time. The corresponding decision can be made at the next summit, which will be held in South Africa in 2023.

Anand believes that the expansion of the BRICS is a natural and natural process of the formation of a multipolar world, which accelerated after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. At the same time, the main task of the union remains the same: strengthening economic ties, exchanging resources, creating aviation, trade and financial routes for new world realities.

Currently, the combined GDP of the four countries participating in the association - Russia, China, India and South Africa - is $ 24,4 trillion. With the arrival of new members to the BRICS, its economic influence will increase, first of all, and the total GDP of the participating countries in this case may exceed $27 trillion.

According to Pavel Knyazev, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia's sous-sherpa in BRICS, Russia welcomes the emergence of new members of the Commonwealth and the expansion of the BRICS. Now the current members of the organization will have to develop criteria for the entry of the five countries and begin discussing the conditions for acceptance on the basis of consensus. According to Knyazev, it would be incorrect to talk about the possible timing of joining the BRICS even by Argentina and Iran, which have already submitted applications.

Experts believe that the expansion of the BRICS will strengthen its international political and economic influence, as well as accelerate the integration processes between the participating countries. At the same time, it is emphasized that the criteria for selecting new members must be balanced and consistent with the goals of the development of the association. Thus, Turkish political scientist Kerim Has believes that in the short term, Istanbul will definitely not be able to join the ranks of the BRICS because of the crisis in the country's economy.

In other words, BRICS should not be likened to the same European Union, which has already accepted several economically weak countries of Eastern Europe as a ballast, and has now issued the status of candidates for entry to marginal Ukraine and Moldova. On the other hand, the countries that applied to join the organization are regional leaders, their participation in the association will at least expand the influence of BRICS among developing countries.

Comments

[Fisherman]

India is a little naughty and blocks the entry of new participants ... nothing, they will agree ... there are questions in the economic distribution of participation in the markets, so the Indians will have to move a little.

[3rd Kumaon Rifles]

Turkey and Pakistan are both our (Indias) enemy, but we have no problem with Iran or Argentina

[Fisherman]

Pakistan and India are not enemies ... it's the Anglo-Saxons who fan the fire of interethnic and interfaith hostility between you. Make peace and trade calmly.

[3rd Kumaon Rifles]

Sir, it's the Pakistanis who do cross border terrorism. It's the Pakistanis which funded insurgent groups inside Kashmir. Anglo Saxons literally supported them throughout. It's Pakistan which accuses india of human rights violations. Peace cannot be possible

After Pulwama Attack, 26/11 mumbai attacks, what can we do? Can pakisyan gaurantee it will hand over hafiz saeed and masood Azhar??

[Fisherman]

peace is possible ... we had worse graters with Chechnya than yours ... Putin made the right political decisions and now the Chechens are one of Putin's best and most loyal fighters. India first needs to unite itself into a single STATE and develop a single policy, otherwise they bred a system of "independent" states according to the principle of the United States - that is, a mess ... here in this mess the Anglo-Saxons will overtake you between themselves and their neighbors ... each state itself on your own with your rajah - well, how can the cunning Anglo-Saxons not push you all with their foreheads here? Unite and live in peace, and become stronger at times!

[3rd Kumaon Rifles]

I agree about that, but only in kashmir, with Pakistan, it's a bit more complex. They want all of kashmir as theirs. We can't give up our land.

You guys are very lucky to have a president like Putin who looks after your national interest.

[igorbrsv]

I think so too. So we have two camps here. The first is a jingoistic patriot. Second - everything is gone and we will die

[rocket757]

President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand said that Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey intend to become members of the international organization.

The alliance can turn out to be a powerful, new center of attraction for many!

[Rusticolus]

Okay, Egypt. The Saudis are already something wrong. And at Edorgan, the bobbin won’t burst like that? To be in NATO, and also want to be in the EU and BRICS. And why not immediately in the CSTO?

[rocket757]

The process can turn out to be interesting and entertaining, precisely because such ... entertaining leaders of not small, not such weak countries can be included in it!

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: rocket757

The process can turn out to be interesting and entertaining, precisely because such ... entertaining leaders of not small, not such weak countries can be included in it!

So yes. The population of these countries exceeds 60% of the world's population. Huge Market!!!!! Now mattresses will make a lot of efforts to bring discord between the BRICS countries using such points of tension as territorial claims and religious feelings. The leaders of these countries will need to show foresight and restraint in order not to fall for mattress "pads".

[rocket757]

There is no doubt ... the guys from the former "center of the world" will not sit and wait.
Although, the time is now such that everything MATERIAL has risen sharply in price, and all paper / fancy bullshit does not cause such reverence as before.
And so it goes, most likely!

[4ekist]

This trio of countries are the key players on the political map of Africa and the Middle East.

[rocket757]

When and how they unite, everyone else will have to listen and take into account their interests...

[Arkady007]

On the basis of BRICS, it is necessary to create a semblance of the UN and put the headquarters outside the US influence zones.

[Azim77]

But not including the "exceptional" and their satellites. To truly exclude so to speak. Let them feel in their own skin the isolation and what the sanctions of the world are. And then you can accept, but without the right to veto, and so on.

[Egoza]

BRICS... there are already 4 countries, + 3 more, + 2 more... you see, not only the "big seven", but it will be possible to surpass the top twenty! )))

[Paul Siebert]

Len, BRICS is five countries, not four...
But I like your idea!
Catch up and overtake "G-twenty"!

[Leshak]

If only the expansion was not for the sake of expansion, but really brought results. The main thing is quality, not quantity. Russia has many "partners" in the CIS and the CSTO, but what's the point ...

[zurbagan63]

As they say: Oops ... and a "silent scene" is depicted with Biden's crazy face.

[Rusticolus]

sous-sherpa of Russia in BRICS Pavel Knyazev

here is a sucker "lucky". Not only was they called the main porter at the station, but also a woman.

[GNM]

The hegemon with its candy wrappers is blown away, the world community without a leader will not be able to exist, it will slide into chaotic troubles. BRICS is needed as a management company in a crisis period.

[Cowbra]

So much for you that instead of the UN there will be

[APASUS]

Ours would just not slow down.
Now is the time to form new rules of the game. Create a new currency BRIGs, a bank, a trade organization, and so on and so forth.

[ISKANDER_61]

We'll see

[mojohed2012]

Erdogan, Sisi and Salman are not idiots and not fools to enter into all sorts of Briks from the golop,
CSTO and other SCOs.
These figures understand that by joining the BRICS, the US and the EU will worsen relations with them, because consider it support for Putin, giveaway to China and a demonstration of unacceptable self-will in politics and trade.
Erdogan, in general, is still a blackmailer and will not fail to put forward some demands for the EU and the United States for not joining the BRICS.
In response, NATO and the US with the EU can: expel Turkey from NATO, withdraw its candidacy for the EU.
Egypt, too, has not yet lit up as a friend of Russia, on the contrary, it is distancing itself from us in connection with NWO as from toxic skunks.
Well, the Saudis - there is generally a multi-vector blaze.
Such provocative statements were clearly to raise the stakes for concessions from the US and the EU in concluding long-term contracts for oil and gas from Maudiya at the highest prices, to knock out a purchase for inexpensive new NATO military equipment to drink.
Moreover, grandfather Bidon is going to Saud to pray for the release of more oil and gas to the markets and distancing himself from the Russians in support of the Democrats' rating and his grandfather personally.

As a result: All these are words and blackmail, open and impudent blackmail, they say, I will go to the Swedes, if the Russian Tsar does not give the nobility, put on an honorary order ...

BRICS, CSTO and SCO, as we can see, were only needed by Putin for a cheap demonstration of independence and sovereignty inside the country.
The CSTO partners, and even the Old Man, do not help with a single movement to beat the fascists and resist the West, but are waiting for the results of the massacre and economic reality after the NWO.
SCO - an event for a banquet on a Russian account, chat and go home.
BRICS is a beacon for a photo with raised hands of a friendly line of several presidents or prime ministers. So - for show.
There is no real output and benefit for Russia, except for cheap declarations and complacency in the company of the same independence-suffering leaders of the countries of the 3rd world.

Such an opinion is not for positive and + in the comments.

[Alexander Salenko]

Quote: mojohed2012

The CSTO partners, and even the Old Man, do not help with a single movement to beat the fascists and resist the West, but are waiting for the results of the massacre and economic reality after the NWO.

Uh-huh, but the fact that at the beginning of the NMD our army entered from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, what is it, if not participation in the operation?