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Joining BRICS May Help Palestine Expand International Support – Official

© POOL / Go to the mediabankXVI BRICS summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
XVI BRICS summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.10.2024
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KAZAN (Sputnik) - Joining BRICS could help Palestine gain broad international support, Mahmoud al-Habbash, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told Sputnik.
At the BRICS summit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that Palestine is ready to join the BRICS work in any status, whether as a member, partner or observer.

“BRICS represents a broad platform for bringing the Palestinian question before the member states, the leaders of which in their addresses at the summit in Kazan expressed their support to the rights of the Palestinian people. Therefore, it is a positive environment for the Palestinian cause and great support for Palestine at the international level,” al-Habbash said on sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan. File photo - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.10.2024
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