Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: Luis Arce wrote in the Telegram messenger: Bolivia has taken an important step towards joining the BRICS group because the member countries [BRICS] agreed to grant La Paz the status of a "partner country".

 

The Bolivian president described the move as the "most important foreign policy achievement" of his government and said that Bolivia hopes to become a full member of the BRICS group, according to Tass news agency.

 

Closer ties with BRICS would allow Bolivia to "advance its goals of economic growth, industrialization and income redistribution," Arce noted.

 

He added: BRICS "every day helps to strengthen the new multipolar world order based on friendship, equality, cooperation and mutual benefit and respect for people's sovereignty and autonomy".

 

Earlier, Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the President of Russia, announced that 13 countries are in consultation to obtain the "partner status of BRICS".

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that more than 30 countries have expressed their desire to join the BRICS activities in different ways.

 

According to this report, Bolivia announced its desire to join BRICS last June.

 

On Thursday, the President of Bolivia arrived in the Russian city of Kazan to participate in the BRICS summit and meet with his Russian counterpart, Putin.

 

Expressing Indonesia's desire to join BRICS

In order to play a role in the expansion of developing countries, Indonesia announced its desire to become a member of BRICS and considered this action as a symbol of Jakarta's independent foreign policy.

 

In the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, which was published on Friday in the Reuters news agency, it is stated: We express our desire to join the BRICS group, which consists of emerging economies that account for 35% of the world's economic output, in order to play our role. To play a role in strengthening developing countries.

 

The statement adds that the process of joining the BRICS country has begun.

 

Indonesia, which is the fourth most populous country in the world, follows a non-aligned foreign policy. The new president of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, who came to power last Sunday, has repeatedly emphasized that his country will establish friendship with all countries, including China and the United States, and will not join any military bloc.

 

He added that BRICS is compatible with the main programs of the Prabowo government, especially in the field of food and energy security, poverty eradication and human resource development. Also, Indonesia sees this group as a means to advance the interests of the global south.

 

BRICS group or emerging economic powers was established in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2009 with the participation of Brazil, Russia, India and China; The following year, South Africa joined this group.

 

The 16th BRICS summit, the first meeting of the leaders of this group was held on Wednesday, the fourth of Scorpio 1403 in Kazan, Russia.

 

As the rotating chairman of the BRICS group in 2024, Russia has planned about 250 events in this framework.