Minister of Commerce Turkey Umar Bolat said that the country was invited to become its partner member. BRICS, An alliance of developing countries that revolves around China. Already in recent months, Ankara has made it clear that it is interested in establishing closer ties with the group. The assumption of greater European integration for the country is further removed.
gave China using the BRICS group to achieve maximum Soft power Internationally and breaking the isolation that is gradually affecting it due to the trade war with the US. The Trump administration has no intention of improving these relations.
Turkey is ready to become a BRICS partner.
Turkey may join it. BRICS, A group of developing countries of which China is the most important member. The country has already expressed its desire to move closer to this international organization through its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Now Trade Minister Omar Bulat has announced an invitation to Ankara to become a partner member of the alliance.
There is no exact procedure for admission. BRICS, But the request to be partner This is the first step towards genuine membership for the state. In 2024, 12 more countries have been invited to play this role, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Chile, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
At present there are members of BRICS. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South AfricaThe founders after whom the organization is named, as well as Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. However, the group is in the process of expanding and trying to promote initiatives to reduce US and European soft power globally.
New expansion of BRICS and China’s objectives
In recent years i Brix has launched a new campaign to increase both the number and character of its members. The main impetus for this process comes from China, due to some circumstances that have called into question its role in the previous system of global balance, both economic and political.
The trade war with the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting slowdownThe Chinese economyIn addition, the war in Ukraine has further strained Beijing’s relations with the West. Therefore, China is trying to assert its dominant role within the BRICS on the one hand and on the other hand trying to increase the group’s influence through various initiatives.
Two of these plans are alternative payment systems. sharp, which allows member countries’ central banks to distance themselves from Western financial institutions for transactions, and an alternative currency to the dollar can be used to facilitate trade. At present, however, no real steps have been taken to implement these proposals, which would require significant transfers of sovereignty by individual nations.
