Erdoğan urges BRICS leaders to enable Turkey's accession to group

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the leaders of the five-country block BRICS to let Turkey join the group
Sunday, 29 July 2018 22:01

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the BRICS leaders to take necessary steps so that Turkey could join the association.

"We are in the G-20 with five of those countries. I wish they take the necessary steps to let us in and we take our place in the BRICS," Erdoğan said.

Erdoğan also said that the BRICS members welcomed his suggestion warmly.

"Especially China says that it stands in favour of enlargement. I have seen that they are considering involving other countries in this platform. They are not opposed to it," he said.

According to Erdoğan, the BRICS members were considering the possibility of involving other countries into the group.

"If you take us in ... the platform would become BRICST," Turkish president added.

Erdoğan attended the 10th BRICS summit, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, earlier this week.

The BRICS group comprises five major emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.