Turkey maintains its interest in being part of the BRICS as part of its international policy and its multilateral geostrategic vision, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said after participating in the important BRICS summit held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with which Ankara continues to bet on resolving conflicts such as the one in Gaza or Ukraine in a multipolar world.
“Turkey is very interested in the BRICS. Turkey’s international position and stance makes it heard on many platforms. There is an international community that wants to benefit from our experience and our views. The countries that have gathered here in this table are also members of the G20. Turkey closely follows the changes in all organisations, and within that perspective, we will continue to be very interested in the BRICS,” Fidan was quoted by TRT as saying after attending the organisation’s 17th summit in the Brazilian city, underlining Turkey’s growing influence on the global stage but also the new changes in the international order.
The Turkish foreign minister said the summit in Rio had been very productive and had hosted important discussions on how to correct current deficiencies in the international order. “The most important thing is the efforts to correct these mistakes in the international system and to reform it,” Fidan said, echoing Erdoğan’s famous sentence ‘The world is bigger than five’, referring to the five members of the UN Security Council. “The BRICS countries account for 50% of the population and 40% of the world’s economy,” the Turkish foreign minister recalled.
Efforts to end the war in Gaza and Ukraine
Fidan took the opportunity to call once again for an end to the massacres in Gaza: “We have met several times with Hamas, and we have declared that we are ready to do everything possible to resolve this issue through diplomacy and to work with our allies. Our desire is for a ceasefire to be implemented and for humanitarian aid to start arriving as soon as possible. We must stop the genocide,” he insisted.
Fidan also referred to the war in Ukraine, saying that Russia is ready for a third round of talks in Istanbul, a proposal to which Kiev has not yet responded. On a possible meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, the minister stressed that “what has changed is that, compared to the past, everyone, including President Putin, does not see a problem in meeting together with their counterparts. There is no problem in presidents Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy meeting with our president (Erdoğan) as host“.
In 2024, frustrated by the lack of progress in negotiations with the European Union, Turkey expressed interest in joining the BRICS as a full member. The bloc, founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and later joined by countries such as Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, offered Turkey in November last year to join with the status of ‘partner country’, a proposal to which Ankara has yet to respond.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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