Azerbaijan has formally applied to join the BRICS group of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes.
Russia n President Vladimir Putin , left, and Azerbaijan i President Ilham Aliyev attend a state reception at the Gulustan Palace in Baku , Azerbaijan , Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The announcement from the foreign ministry in Azerbaijan ’s capital, Baku , comes as the BRICS alliance has seen a major expansion. For over a decade, the bloc included just five nations: Brazil, Russia , India, China and South Africa.
The club already includes some of the world’s biggest oil producers, and accounts for well over a quarter of the world’s GDP. Its members Russia and Iran have had their relations with the West stretched to breaking point overTurkish and Armenian special envoys resume talks aimed at reconciliation and reopening the borderAzerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran as the countries try to ease tensions
For Azerbaijan, retaining Moscow’s good-will is important for national security over tensions with neighboring Armenia, said Alizade.
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