Turkey's idea of joining BRICS once again falls flat! On July 8, foreign media reported that multiple BRICS member countries disagree with Turkey becoming a BRICS country. These countries include India and Brazil. The foreign media stated that although China is open to Turkey joining BRICS, China also has some doubts about Turkey. Why does Brazil oppose Turkey's joining? Brazil's reason is straightforward: Turkey is a NATO member, and it is worried that Turkey's entry would disrupt unity.
India also opposes it. Why does India oppose it? The main reason is that India has very big conflicts with Turkey. For example, during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, Turkey immediately provided military support to Pakistan, which made India very dissatisfied. And on the Kashmir issue, Turkey supports Pakistan's territorial claims, which is unacceptable to India.
However, from the perspective of the BRICS platform, the core of the BRICS countries is the cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries, focusing on opposing hegemonism and promoting global governance reform. Turkey often walks between East and West in its foreign policy. If Turkey improves relations with Western countries, it is very suspicious for Turkey to play a cooperative role within the BRICS. Therefore, the idea of Turkey trying to walk between NATO and BRICS is likely to be difficult to achieve.
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