Russian official: Chile is eyeing BRICS

According to RCO News Agency, On Saturday evening, Vladimir Belinsky, Russia’s ambassador to Santiago, said that like other Latin American countries, Chile’s interest in BRICS membership is increasing.

According to the report of the Russian News agency “Tass”, the country’s ambassador in Santiago said: “Naturally, the issue of BRICS, the dynamic development and expansion of the group, in Chile, which traditionally pays great attention to integration processes and is constantly looking for new opportunities to join “Supply chains are global, it can’t go unnoticed.”

He added: “Such a perception of processes like BRICS, including during the Russian presidency, undoubtedly corresponds to the current needs and will only be stronger in Chile and other Latin American countries, which objectively become one of the centers of modern multipolar development. became.”

Development and expansion of BRICS

The BRICS group was established in 2006. It first expanded in 2011, when South Africa joined the four founding countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. In August 2023, at the meeting of this group in Johannesburg, BRICS decided to expand itself again and invite 6 countries, Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia, and finally, all countries except Argentina were invited to BRICS. accepted and became an official member of this group from January 1.

Russia assumed the presidency of BRICS in January 2024 (11 January 1402). Under Moscow’s supervision, BRICS will hold more than 200 events covering a wide range of topics. Russia’s key event will be the October 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, Tatarstan, in Russia’s Volga region.

Recently, Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador in Moscow, announced the official invitation of the Russian president to Iran’s president, Masoud Bizikian, to participate in the BRICS summit.

He also added about the agenda of the BRICS leaders: “The leaders of the BRICS group will discuss and review important issues in their meeting in Kazan, while giving speeches and proposing views; During the recent months and during many meetings held at different levels among the BRICS members, discussions were summarized and the main points of these meetings will be approved by the leaders. “The gathering of 10 members of the BRICS group in Kazan provides a good opportunity for bilateral meetings between the heads of the member states, which will be used to develop relations with other countries.”

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