Cairo, Ankara and Riyadh plan to apply to join the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).
The President of the BRICS International Forum, Purnima Anand, said that Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia plan to join the group and are preparing to submit applications, Izvestia writes.
“I think this is a good step, since expansion is always perceived positively, it will clearly increase the influence of BRICS around the world,” Anand stressed.
She noted that the entry of these states into the BRICS should not take much time, since all representatives of the group are interested in expansion.
Discussion and a possible decision on the entry of Buenos Aires, Cairo, Tehran, Riyadh and Ankara can be expected already at the upcoming summit, Anand specified.