Belarus is ready to become an active participant BRICS.
According to Day.Az, the President of Belarus said this Alexander Lukashenkospeaking at the first plenary session of the XVI BRICS summit in the BRICS plus format in Kazan.
“The BRICS member countries have the opportunity to transfer real levers of influence into the hands of the progressive global majority. We fully share the BRICS philosophy. Belarus comes with specific ideas and projects that are aimed at solving global problems. We are ready to become an active participant in the association. Belarus has traditionally been a responsible and an effective partner. Our geographical location in the center of Europe, our experience and achievements allow us to confidently assert that Belarus will become an important part of the future image of the organization,” the president said.
According to him, BRICS is the community of the future.
“In such a world order, where the equality of sovereign states is ensured, regardless of their size, military and economic power, the right of each state to independently determine the path of development and conduct an independent foreign policy is recognized. In terms of its potential, it can bring closer the end of the era of dominance of the collective West, which is not was able to take responsibility for the civilized development of international relations,” Lukashenko added.
The participation of Belarus, according to the president, expands the boundaries of the possibilities of the BRICS association, making it more universal and comprehensive.
Note that at the same meeting, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that the world requires more sustainable supply chains.