Turkey's Trade Minister Omer Borat said on Thursday that the country has been offered “partner membership status” by BRICS, a Chinese-led economic bloc that also counts Russia, India and Brazil among its founding members.
borat said The offer was made when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended a summit in October. BRICS Summit It was hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazan, Russia. One of the conference's top topics was the creation of a BRICS “digital payments platform” that would replace the US dollar as the preferred medium of international exchange.
According to Borat, Turkey's “partner status” is only a “transitional phase” in the “organisational structure of BRICS” and suggests that it could become a full member state, which is a major threat to the North Atlantic It hints at the possibility of Turkey's Western partners in the Treaty Organization (NATO). ) I feel this is very worrying.
brick countries created The status of “partner countries” at the Kazan summit was expanded to 13 countries, including Belarus, Cuba, Thailand and Turkey.
BRICS was founded in 2009. South Africa joined a year later, adding an “S” to the end of the group's acronym. The first expansion will then take place in 2023, with Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ethiopia, and Argentina invited to join. Argentina declined the invitation, but Saudi Arabia is still considering the invitation.
President Erdoğan has previously said that “partner” status alone is not enough to join BRICS, but he is happy to join. address He attends BRICS meetings and uses the group's soapbox to advance his own political agenda. The Turkish president has expressed interest in full membership, in part because he looks forward to seeing BRICS and NATO vying for his affections.
Prime Minister Olmert did not say whether Erdogan would accept or reject the current offer regarding partnership status. Previously, the Minister of Trade was praised BRICS serves as a “center of resistance against the West's desire to dominate the world in a hegemonic manner.”
India is reportedly cool to the idea of Turkey joining BRICS because Turkey has close ties with India's rival Pakistan. Türkiye last month challenged According to reports, India used its influence as a founding member to thwart Turkey's bid for full membership.
“There is no question that India will exercise its veto power on member states,'' Borat said. said On Wednesday, he again denied rumors that India was displeased.
