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A slap in the face of NATO as Turkey submits application to join BRICS

Now it's official - and it's a bombshell: NATO member Turkey has officially submitted an application to join the BRICS bloc.

Published: September 6, 2024, 7:02 pm

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This was reported by the business news service Bloomberg recently. With this step, Ankara aims to expand Turkish influence in the world and build “new connections” outside the West.

The Turkish government emphasized – according to Bloomberg – that it did not want to neglect its NATO obligations in the future. On the other hand, Ankara makes no secret of the fact that the rapprochement with the BRICS group is a result of the stalled EU accession efforts.

The current diplomatic tensions between Turkey and some NATO allies are also cited as a reason. Germany has imposed a ban on the sale of Eurofighter fighter jets to Turkey, with which it wanted to re-equip its outdated air force. Berlin had blocked the sale because of Ankara’s purchase of Russian air defense systems.

The BRICS bloc, dominated by Russia and China, is expanding rapidly with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Egypt joining earlier this year. The next expansion of the bloc will be discussed in October at the BRICS summit in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Malaysia, Thailand and Azerbaijan have since applied for membership.

Turkish President Erdoğan has also expressed Ankara’s interest in joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was founded by Russia and China as a rival bloc to NATO.

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