Jalali: Along with BRICS, Iran is trying to define a new world

According to RCO News Agency, Kazem Jalali, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said on Sunday, on the eve of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, regarding the evaluation of Russia’s presidency of BRICS over the past few months: Russia in 2024, which of course will continue until December. He is in charge of BRICS. In my opinion, Russia tried very actively and responsibly to fulfill its responsibilities regarding the BRICS presidency and to activate the members of this organization. A lot of energy was spent in this field and numerous meetings were held in various fields, both in the form of political officials, including the meetings of the ministers of foreign affairs of the member countries, and in the economic field, such as the meetings of the ministers of economy and also the heads of central banks, and also in the cultural field with the presence of media activists. became.

This senior diplomat of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that “in my opinion, Russia’s activity in the past year was impressive, except that we, as the Iranian embassy in Russia and the regulator of the Iranian side’s programs, observed the volume of work and saw that Russia is paying serious attention to various matters related to He stated: My assessment of Russia’s performance during Blix’s presidency is a very positive assessment.

BRICS is a form of protest against the current structure of international power

Kazem Jalali, who was interviewed by Sputnik News agency, emphasized Iran’s achievements from membership in this organization in the last one year: This year was the first year of Iran’s membership, and in the first year of Iran’s membership, Russia as a friendly, companion and neighbor country presided. was in charge of BRICS and the Islamic Republic of Iran tried to be present at the highest level in all areas of cooperation with BRICS and important events both because it was the first year of membership and because it has special relations with Russia.

In another part of his speech, he clarified: If we want to pay attention to the basic premise of the formation of BRICS, BRICS is a kind of protest against the current structure of international power, and this alliance seeks to be able to rule the world based on power pluralism, and maybe even some BRICS members like Iran mostly look at creating a kind of justice in the management of the international system and that all countries can contribute according to their weight in the global arena to govern the world.

Jalali continued: While in the unipolar world situation, everyone should adapt to American values ​​or liberal democracy, and we see today what damages have been caused due to this bad approach in the world, we think based on this. Of course, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a series of expectations, political expectations, like the same expectations that Russia and China have.

He emphasized: We BRICS countries must work hand in hand to define the new world that is being formed.

BRICS economies can be complementary

In this regard, the Iranian ambassador to Russia added: “Now the Westerners have defined all the standards of the world we live in and even formed international organizations based on their own wishes and tastes.” Why doesn’t BRICS also follow this procedure, for example, define its banking relations and instead of SWIFT, have its own confidential banking messenger, or the APEC area, or even the anti-terrorism area.

This senior Iranian diplomat stated that “besides the great things that can be done in the political discussion, the BRICS member countries have a high economic potential in terms of global GDP”, and clarified: in terms of energy, the largest energy exporters and importers are the BRICS members. Therefore, great things can be done in the discussion of energy, pricing and energy transfer.

Jalali also said: In addition to these cases, the economies of the BRICS countries can also be complementary economies, so we should start working on this complementarity of the countries’ economies and promote economic development through it. It is possible to create a balanced development between our countries, unlike the Westerners who are trying to develop themselves at the expense of the non-development of others.

Iran’s ambassador to Russia told Sputnik about expectations from the upcoming BRICS meeting in Kazan, Russia: We hope that the BRICS leaders’ talks in Kazan can lead to good results for the world.

He said: “The most important issue that we should look for is the issue of Palestine and Lebanon and the brutal killings of the Zionist regime, for which all the BRICS member countries should also find a solution.”

The BRICS summit will be held in Kazan, Russia from November 1st to 3rd, and high-ranking officials from more than 20 countries will be present in this meeting, including the president of Iran, Masoud Bischiyan.

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