Turkey has officially sent a petition on the issue of joining the interstate association BRICS. This was reported by Bloomberg agency with reference to sources.
“Turkey has officially applied to join BRICS, (an association – ed.) that seeks to strengthen its influence and form new ties beyond its traditional Western allies,” the report said.
The agency stressed that Turkey’s new diplomatic move reflects its desire to develop ties “with all sides in a multipolar world” while continuing to fulfil its obligations as a key NATO member.
The publication emphasises that Turkey applied to join BRICS several months ago amid “frustration over the lack of progress in its longstanding aspiration to join the European Union”. This foreign policy move by Ankara was also partly the result of “disagreements with other NATO members after Turkey maintained close ties with Russia” following the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict.
Earlier, the Milliyet newspaper mentioned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would discuss both defence issues and the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
