Celso Amorim highlighted that the member countries of the BRICS must carefully study who will enter the bloc because they must be nations “that really contribute.”
Celso Amorim, special advisor to the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed on Monday, October 21, his rejection of Venezuela joining the Brics group, since in his opinion this type of process should be carried out more slow.
“I do not defend the entry of Venezuela. I think you have to go slowly. It makes no sense to fill it with countries, otherwise a new G-77 will soon be created,” Amorim said in an interview with cnn.
Lula’s advisor stressed the importance of conscientiously studying the entry of new members of the Brics by stating that they are countries that really contribute to the bloc, that is, that the incorporations are “strategic.”
“Remember that the world is currently experiencing wars with the potential to become world wars. So, the admission criterion is more important than the country itself,” said Celso Amorim.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, when asked about Venezuela.
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Asked about Venezuela, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, who heads the Brazilian delegation that will participate this week in the BRICS leaders’ summit in Kazan (Russia), told reporters that “all candidate countries have options.” to be part of the group.
For weeks now, there have been press reports indicating that Brazil was against a possible entry of Venezuela into the Brics bloc. A Bloomberg text from late September 2024 pointed out that Brasilia was uncomfortable even with the invitation to the administration of Nicolás Maduro after the presidential elections in July, despite the efforts made by the Amazon nation to show the disaggregated data and confirm Nicolás’ victory. Ripe. Furthermore, it is Brasilia that assumes the pro tempore presidency of the Brics.
Meanwhile, the vice president and Minister of Petroleum, Delcy Rodríguez, together with the chancellor, Yván Gil, landed on Monday October 21 in Russia in order to participate in the Brics summit that will be held starting Tuesday the 22nd in the city of Kazan.
This was reported by the Actualidad RT portal, which posted on its social networks an image of Rodríguez and Gil at the foot of the steps of the plane that took them to Moscow and where they are received by a delegation and journalists from various media.
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