MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin rowed again on Tuesday from earlier feedback describing Saudi Arabia as a member of the BRICS group of nations, and left open the query of whether or not it will be represented at a BRICS summit in Russia subsequent week.
Saudi Arabia has been invited to hitch BRICS however has not but formally executed so. Final week, nevertheless, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov described it as a BRICS member and mentioned its overseas minister would attend the summit within the Russian metropolis of Kazan.
Requested to make clear Saudi Arabia’s standing in BRICS, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned: “The summit will happen now, we’ll provide extra data on who will symbolize Saudi Arabia, whether or not will probably be represented at this summit, and we’ll draw conclusions from this.”
