Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday claimed that his country is interested in becoming a member of the anti-American BRICS coalition, but he never received an invitation, and BRICS would like to allow new members. He claimed it had stopped.
The statement was notable as Turkish strongman Receptacle Erdogan attended the Brick Summit in Kazan last year, and Brick publicly extended his “partner” status to Turkey. Reports from the time showed that Ankara was not satisfied with anything other than full membership. This is a claim clearly confirmed by Fidan's remarks on Monday.
Fidan told reporters this during his meeting with Russia's visit to Sergei Lavrov. Russia is one of the most powerful members of the BRICS.
The BRICS Union is named after a core member of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It often functions as an economic, diplomatic, and security coalition that promotes the interests of its members at the expense of the US and its allies. In January 2024, BRICS announced that it would offer full membership to Egypt, Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia. It was accepted by Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia. Argentina later declined under President Javier Miley's new management team. Saudi Arabia has refused to accept or reject the invitation, and as of February 2025 I'm considering that.
The October Russia Summit focused in part on whether to extend full membership invitations to other stakeholders. Russian officials argued that 30 other countries were interested in participating. Ultimately, the organization decided to extend its “partnership” invitation, which does not correspond to full membership, to 13 countries, including Turkey.
“We follow BRICS closely and clearly show our interest,” Fidan said. I said Local outlet Türkiye Minutes said they are currently meeting with Lavrov. “However, as far as we understand it, BRICS is currently suspending the admission of new members as part of its institutional integration.”
“We have not received membership offers so for now we will continue to observe development,” Fidan added. The Turkish province's Anadoru Agency reported that Fidan was aware of the offer but showed that he was not interested in Türkiye.
“They introduced a new category: partnerships. In other words, membership offers have not been extended to us,” Fidan said. Quote As I say.
Nevertheless, Fidan praised BRICS as “remarkably inclusive” in contrast to the European Union, where Turkey has been seeking to participate for decades.
“It brings together countries of all colours, religions, cultures and civilizations of Muslims, Christians, Hindu and Buddhists. Black, White – creating a platform that embraces diversity,” Fidan praised. “I hope this will lead to an economic approach that is institutionalized and inclusive.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit held in Kazan on October 23, 2024.
The Turkish government recognized the “partnership” invitation in November and described it as a “tentative” move to become full members. In particular, Turkey received its invitation along with several other countries that are economically and militarily powerful, including Cuba, Belarus and Uzbekistan.
Second wave of BRICS expansion – the 2024 wave, including Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, appears to focus on bringing it to substantial natural resources, particularly oil-equipped countries. Ta. BRICS' “partners” do not provide a coalition that includes the largest and most populous countries in the world, particularly in contrast to Turkey. Turkey is the sole member of the NATO Military Alliance, expressing public interest in participating in BRICS and may bring unique expertise in how the US and other allied forces operate .
Apart from Turkey, French President Emmanuel Macron tried to obtain an invitation to South Africa's 2023 BRICS Summit, but was left with confusion and disgust.
Erdogan attended the 2024 BRICS summit and made comments praise the coalition's potential.
“BRICS believes it is a unique contribution to the construction of a more equitable global order by contributing to global trade, economic growth and strengthening the sustainable development goals,” declares Erdogan. I did. “We are determined to strengthen our dialogue with the BRICS family, which has built a close relationship based on a mutual respect and victory approach.”
The summit featured discussions that BRICS is creating an international payment platform and that reportedly created another currency to protect fraudulent situations from free world sanctions. It was also characterized by direct anti-American rhetoric from Iranian President Maud Pezeshkian. He “seeks us to counter our unilateralism linked to the dollar, in order to exacerbate the global economic challenges.” I explained that.
“I believe that if we can implement the goals of this organization and the discussions and agreements held at this conference, the conspiracy by the US and its allies will gradually be neutralised,” he argued.
After winning the November election, President Donald Trump moved quickly to deal with the threat of rival BRICS currency.
“The idea that BRICS countries are trying to get away from the dollar while we wait and watch,” he wrote on social media site Truth Social. “We're going to break up with new BRICS currencies from these countries, retreat other currencies to replace the strong US dollar, face 100% tariffs, and say goodbye to the great US sales. It requires a commitment to expect to be told. Economy.
“There is no chance that BRICS will replace the US dollar in international trade, and countries that attempt should say goodbye to the US,” he warned.
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