Al-Sudani: Iraq hopes to join the BRICS group
Al-Sudani: Iraq hopes to join the BRICS group
2023-10-11
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Today, Wednesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani expressed Iraq’s readiness to join the BRICS group, if it receives an invitation from the founding countries.
Al-Sudani said in a statement to Russia Today channel, during a dialogue session with representatives of the Iraqi community in Moscow, that Iraq “is ready to join the BRICS group, if it receives an invitation from the founding countries.”
Al-Sudani added, “Iraq understands the role played by the group and is aware of the conditions and specifications for joining it.”
Al-Sudani indicated that he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a wide range of economic issues, “including the use of the Iraqi dinar and the Russian ruble in commercial transactions between the two countries.”
He stressed that he was “grateful” for Russia’s principled position on the Palestinian issue, noting that he discussed this issue with Putin “in depth and out of concern for the lives of civilians.”
Al-Sudani revealed, “Iraq is in the process of studying a project to open an Iraqi cultural center in the Russian capital, Moscow, based on the deep historical relations that bind the two countries, which will reach its eightieth anniversary next year since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Moscow and Baghdad.”
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