Azerbaijan has applied to join BRICS

Azerbaijan has applied to join BRICS, an informal association that primarily includes China and Russia.

Source: group APA said the representative of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aykhan Hajizadeh, writing “European Truth”

Details: The message does not specify when Azerbaijan applied to join BRICS.

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At the same time, back in July, Baku indicated its desire to join the union in a declaration adopted within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana.

The decision on the agreement of new BRICS members could be made at the summit in October 2024, which will be held in Kazan, Russia.

BRICS is named after the English initials of the founding countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Republic of South Africa (RSA).

There are currently nine states in the group: in addition to the above, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates joined BRICS last year.

Turkey said before has become closer to the BRICS group of countries out of frustration with the lack of progress in EU accession negotiations.