India has stood in the way of Turkey's membership in the BRICS

Turkey's membership in the BRICS group has been thwarted by India. The German newspaper Bild published an article about it, which included a link to the original source.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, made the announcement that his country aspires to join the Economic Union and submitted an application for membership prior to the 16th summit of the Economic Union.

It has been suggested that the explanation is due to Turkey's tight cooperation with Pakistan. Additionally, Erdogan was present at the 16th BRICS summit, which took place in Kazan.

The BRICS countries have confirmed their support for comprehensive reforms of the UN (including the UN Security Council) to increase their weight.

The Kazan Declaration of the BRICS countries, entitled "Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global Development and Security", was published on the Kremlin's website.

"Recognizing the Johannesburg Declaration 2023, we reaffirm our support for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations (including the UN Security Council) to enhance its democracy, representativeness, effectiveness and implementation, as well as to expand the representation of developing countries in the BRICS Council, so that it can adequately respond to urgent global challenges," the document says.

In addition, BRICS leaders support the legitimate aspirations of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS states, to play an important role in international affairs, particularly in the United Nations (including the UN Security Council), as well as to recognize African countries legitimate aspirations reflected in the Ezulwini and Sirte Declarations.

The BRICS countries surpassed the G7 in terms of the share of global GDP. Putin

It should be noted that the summit of the BRICS countries with the participation of the heads of states is being held in Kazan on October 22-24. The position of the president of the organization is occupied by Russia from January 1, 2024, under the motto of strengthening multilateralism for fair global development and security.

BRICS is an interstate association established in 2006 by Russia, China, India and Brazil, in 2011 the Republic of South Africa joined the structure.

From the beginning of 2024, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia also joined BRICS.