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Lavrov On Turkiye's Pivot Towards BRICS: No Rules Barring NATO Members

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - BRICS has no rules that would ban members of certain organizations from having relations with this association, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, commenting on the prospects for Turkiye's rapprochement with BRICS given its NATO membership and EU candidate status.
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Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that Turkiye had applied for full-fledged participation in BRICS, and it is now under consideration.

"As for NATO membership and EU candidate status, which Turkiye has had for almost 70 years, as a Turkish official recently said, BRICS has no rules that would say members of certain organizations cannot have relations with this association," the minister said in an interview with RBC on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

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