Bangkok has received notification from Moscow that Thailand will join BRICS as a partner country from 1 January 2025, the kingdom’s foreign ministry said.
“On 28 December 2024, Thailand was informed by Russia, the 2024 BRICS chair, that Thailand will join BRICS as a partner country from 1 January 2025,” the kingdom’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
It is noted that Thailand’s partnership with BRICS builds on its long-standing co-operation with the grouping, which began in 2017 when the kingdom joined the BRICS Plus mechanism. The partnership offers significant opportunities to strengthen economic ties with the association’s member countries.
The Thai Foreign Ministry specified that key areas of co-operation include trade, investment and tourism. The partnership also promotes the kingdom’s ties at the people-to-people contact level, as well as with other BRICS members and partners. In addition to economic co-operation, Thailand’s engagement with the association strengthens its commitment to multilateralism, especially among developing countries.
“Thailand also expresses its willingness to become a mediator between BRICS and other regional groupings such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Asia Cooperation Dialogue and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multilateral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC),” the kingdom’s Foreign Ministry pointed out.
Earlier, the columnist of the Croatian edition of Advance Antun Roša said that statements by Russian leader Vladimir Putin were the ground for a settlement, not for the aggravation of the situation in Europe.
