Nigeria plans to apply for membership in the BRICS group of emerging countries after the necessary domestic arrangements are complete, Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has said.
The diplomat is in Moscow this week on a three-day working visit from March 5-7. On Wednesday, Tuggar met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations, as well as the countries’ regional and global agenda.
Talking to the news agency Sputnik on a range of issues, including potential BRICS membership, he stated, “We intend to do it. Like I said before, Nigeria runs a deliberative democratic system. So there tends to be a lot of engagement with different interest groups, different internal bodies before such an action is taken.”
Tuggar also emphasized the importance of Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima’s participation in the 2023 BRICS Summit in South Africa, noting “So we’re very keen on it. We look forward to it.”
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