Mehdi Safari, Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy in Iran's Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with Tehran Radio's "Bazaar Tehran" program regarding Iran's application to become a member of the group of emerging economic powers "BRICS", he said: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are the countries that accept Iran's membership.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of the National Security Council attended the recent meetings of the BRICS group, and the President of our country will attend this meeting in the future.
BRICS is a fully economic group and the Islamic Republic of Iran owns electricity and energy in various fields and has good economic relations with the member countries of this group, including China, Russia and the India, and seeks to expand economic relations with other members of this group including Brazil and South Africa.
Iran's Foreign Ministry's Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy stressed, "The main point is that the criteria for joining this economic group have not yet been determined. Iran's current economic relations Iran with BRICS member countries can have a positive effect on confirming Iran's membership in this group.
Last year, Iran's trade relations with Brazil were equal to 6 billion dollars, and this amount of trade relations is increasing.
In addition to Iran, several countries are applying for membership in the BRICS economic group, but among these countries, Iran is the only one that has good business relations with the members of this group in the current situation, while these In recent years, Iran has been invited to attend all summits. is invited
We believe that Iran's joining the BRICS economic group goes through a positive process.
Regarding the presence of the president at the next meeting of this economic group, he said: the president could attend the next meeting of the BRICS economic group or participate in a videoconference.
In answer to the question, will the existing sanctions against our country have an effect on the acceptance of Iran's membership in this economic group or not? He said, "No, such a question has not been raised and so far there have been no obstacles in Iran's membership application process."