ISTANBUL (AA) – Stressing that there should be “no more suffering and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon,” China’s President Xi Jinping has called on the BRICS member states to “uphold peace and strive for common security.” “We should come forward together to form a stabilizing force for peace and explore soluti...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan has applied to join the BRICS economic bloc, its ambassador to Moscow said Wednesday. “We have already submitted an application. We are in contact with member countries to support Pakistan’s membership and count on Russia’s assistance,” Muhammad Khalid Jamali told Russian state news agency TASS. Jamali said Pakis...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called Tuesday for a “special international inquiry” into Israel’s use of banned weapons in Gaza. Raisi was speaking during a virtual summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies held at the organization’s headquarters in South Africa, the official Iranian agency IR...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for an “immediate” cease-fire in Gaza, also pushing efforts to convene an international peace conference on Palestine. “The parties to the conflict must end hostilities and achieve a cease-fire immediately, stop all violence and attacks against civilians, release civilians held cap...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the West had failed to isolate his country, while also holding out the prospect of resuming talks on reviving a nuclear deal. “The enemy tried to follow two strategies: one was to isolate Iran from the world and the other was to discourage the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) accession to the BRICS group of emerging economies will not harm relations with the West, the country’s economy minister has said. Abdulla Bin Touq Al-Marri told the media that Abu Dhabi considers its membership in the organization as an opportunity to develop trade. The minister said that [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia has said it will prioritize the candidacies of Kazakhstan and Belarus into BRICS, as the group admitted six new members at the 15th summit in Johannesburg and has left the door open for further enlargement. Saudi Arabia, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Argentina will formally become new members on ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed has welcomed the Gulf kingdom’s inclusion in BRICS. “We respect the vision of the BRICS leadership and appreciate the inclusion of the UAE as a member to this important group,” he said in a tweet. The decision came at the end of the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has described its permanent membership in BRICS as a “strategic victory” after South Africa’s president announced on Thursday the induction of six new members. Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy chief of staff for political affairs to Iran’s president, took to social media to announce Iran’s pe...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
