Argentine President Javier Milay, in letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, has officially rejected the country’s invitation to join BRICS, news portal Infobae reported.
“Javier Milay sent official letters to Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin a few days ago, in which he announced Argentina’s withdrawal from the BRICS multilateral forum,” the material said.
The publication also said that Miley reported about his decision to Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as the head of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that 30 countries want to establish partnership relations with BRICS.