BRICS President announced plans of Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to join the group: According to Purnima Anand, the entry of countries into the association should not take much time

MOSCOW: Cairo, Ankara and Riyadh are planning to apply for membership in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). This was reported by Izvestia on Thursday with reference to the President of the BRICS International Forum Purnima Anand.

"All these countries have shown their interest in joining and are preparing to apply for membership. I think this is a good step, since expansion is always perceived positively, it will clearly increase the influence of BRICS around the world," Anand said.

According to her, the entry of these countries into the association should not take much time. She also said that discussion and a possible decision on the entry of some of the five states, which includes Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, can be expected at the next summit.

"I hope that the entry of countries into the BRICS will happen very quickly, because now all representatives of the core of the association are interested in expansion. So it will be very soon," Anand said.