BRICS decision on “pause” in the issue of joining new members

According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Tuesday in a meeting with students and professors of the Belarusian Academy of Management that the countries of the BRICS group have decided by an overwhelming majority to create a “pause” on the issue of new members joining the association.

Lavrov explained: In the BRICS group, with an overwhelming majority of votes among the current 10 members, it has been decided that there will be a pause regarding the admission of new members until the countries that They have just doubled the composition of this group, to dedicate themselves to the older members. 

The Russian Foreign Minister pointed out that, in parallel, the system of division of partner countries is being developed, whose “stages” by the countries must be followed before fully joining the “We will certainly consider the interest of our Belarusian friends as well as a number of other like-minded countries to join the group,” he added. Bloomberg news agency reported that BRICS expansion will make the association a powerful counterweight to the G7 bloc. According to analysts, the expansion of BRICS is still more of a political act than an economic one. However, they believe that the joining of major fossil fuel producers could give BRICS the opportunity to pose a more serious challenge to the dollar’s dominance of the global oil and gas market and increase their economic power.

Lavrov considered dialogue with the West possible if they change their anti-Russian policy

The head of the Russian diplomatic service in the department Another part of his speech emphasized that Moscow will be ready to talk with the West only if the anti-Russian policy of Western countries changes.

Sergei Lavrov said: “If at some point, While this stage is not yet visible, we will be ready to listen to our Western neighbors reconsider their deadlocked anti-Russian policy, which has disastrous consequences for them. We have to see how the situation will progress in the future and what will come to us.” It is clearer than the wishes of the European electorate, although this process is not yet fully formed, but nevertheless it is already showing itself. 

The Russian Foreign Minister added: If there are hypothetical proposals for cooperation from our western neighbors, it will be possible to have an equal and realistic dialogue. Lavrov continued: “There are still politicians in the West who They understand the damage of anti-Russian policies.

Moreover, in his opinion, the conversation about Ukraine should start from scratch, so to speak, “from a blank slate”. Without the Westerners specifying any preparations in this field first. He emphasized once again that the positions put forward by Vladimir Putin on the issue of peace are the best option for this purpose. The Russian side, in turn, expects the West to present a realistic picture of its approach to resolving the situation.

Western Europe because of the American policy It is lagging behind Eurasia in terms of development

The Russian Foreign Minister also emphasized that the countries of the Eurasian region are currently compared to other countries in terms of competitiveness and development. Western European countries have an advantage, and Europe is starting to lose its pace of development because of US policies.

“We have to face reality,” Lavrov explained. Let’s mention that Eurasia has huge comparative advantages in terms of competitiveness. First, this region is the fastest growing in the world, but above all, this is visible in its eastern part. Meanwhile, Western European countries are holding back mainly because the United States wants to eliminate them as a competitor, and with this goal in mind, it has long ago started to “stimulate Ukraine and pump it with weapon against Russia. In particular, the US prevented the Berlin authorities from operating the remaining operational part of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, so that instead Germany would buy gas at a higher price than the US.

According to him, weakening the energy of prosperous European countries has become the main goal of the Americans. Lavrov added: “While we have the Eurasian continent, in this region there are organizations that are active in the economic field, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union, ASEAN and also the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, which are increasingly active in our region. And they make serious investments in the space created after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, and all this has led to the economic development of the region.

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