MOSCOW – Palestine should be now expecting an invitation to attend the BRICS summit in Russia this fall in the ‘outreach’ format, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, TASS reported Wednesday.
Palestinian leader Abbas arrived in the Russian capital of Moscow for an official visit on August 12.
“We have discussed our vision regarding the possible development of events in the nearest future and what it could lead to during such complicated times,” Abbas said in an interview with TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman after talks with Putin.
“We have certainly also discussed bilateral relations, because we enjoy a very long-standing strategic relationship with Russia,” the Palestinian leader continued. “This is why we have discussed bilateral ties between Russia and Palestine, the relations that we always support solidly both during the personal meetings as well as at the level of telephone conversations. We have discussed perspectives for their further development.”
“We have also discussed BRICS. We have reached a verbal agreement that Palestine would be invited [to attend this forum] in the ‘outreach’ format,” Abbas stated.
According to the Palestinian leader, “a particular format of a meeting could be organized and it will be devoted exclusively to Palestine, so that all countries would voice their views on the developments that are taking place in this area.”
“It will all be as relevant as possible, considering the fact that the [member] countries of this association [BRICS] are all friendly to Palestine,” Abbas said.
Since its inception in 2006, BRICS has experienced two phases of expansion. In 2011, South Africa joined the original group, which included Brazil, Russia, India, and China. On January 1, 2024, five new members officially entered BRICS, namely Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia.
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