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2024-10-27 International-UN-NGOs
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Erdogan has never sat in this chair. Who doesn't want to accept Turkey into BRICS
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Kamran Gasanov
[REGNUM] Despite NATO membership and the discontent of Western partners, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan found the strength and confidence not only to declare his desire to join BRICS, but also to personally attend the summit in Kazan.
Erdogan has indicated a desire to “resolutely develop dialogue” with the organization, reasons he explained to reporters on board a plane en route home. “BRICS is a major platform where developing economies are gathered. We must recognize this reality,” the president said.
He also recalled that the organization’s countries occupy a third of the Earth’s territory, are home to 45% of its population, produce 40% of its oil, export 25% of its goods and account for 2/5 of total trade.
The Turkish economy is frantically searching for new investors,
| …they have to, after running out of Gulenists to strip… |
needs additional energy sources and a technological alternative to NATO countries. It can get all this in cooperation with Russia, China, India, Iran, the UAE and Brazil.
POSITIVE DYNAMICS
An important moment of the Turkish leader's participation in the BRICS summit was the bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin. The agenda of Russia and Turkey is well known - energy, investment, tourism and trade. Putin noted the positive dynamics of development - $55.4 billion in trade turnover and 6.2% growth for January-August 2024.
Russian tourists have increased by 20%. Two pipelines between the countries are working like clockwork. Russia expects the Akkuyu NPP to start supplying energy as early as next year.
Putin assessed mutual investments as “solid”: Russian companies are investing in Turkish metallurgy and automobile manufacturing, while Turkish companies are investing in Russian mechanical engineering, metallurgy, and woodworking.
One new and breakthrough is the statement by the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, who reported on Erdogan’s proposal to build a second nuclear power plant in Sinop, Turkey.
But there are challenges: the Ukrainian conflict creates barriers to bilateral trade, the US is “sanctioning” Turkish companies one after another for doing business with Russia. Erdogan has announced ongoing efforts “to eliminate problems in banking operations.” This process involves the financial and trade authorities, as well as the central banks of the two countries.
Considering that one of the goals of BRICS is de-dollarization, Turkey’s participation in the organization will help eliminate problems in mutual settlements with Russia.
MINI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
No matter how the BRICS association tries to position itself as a purely financial and economic platform, it cannot ignore political issues, if only because it consolidates about half of the world's population. In essence, it is a mini-UN General Assembly.
So Erdogan could not help but take advantage of the opportunity and remind about his position in relation to Israel. He called on the BRICS countries to join the campaign initiated by Ankara in the UN on the arms embargo of Israel. And those states that have not yet recognized Palestine, he called on to recognize it.
Turkey does not forget about the conflict in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has previously tried to convey to Western partners that the future scenarios are either a global war or a freeze, and sanctions against Russia must be lifted as part of the peace process.
Since the BRICS format is too multifaceted, and Moscow decided not to focus on the topic of Ukraine, Erdogan expressed all his wishes tete-a-tete. And he did not regret it, noting Putin's desire for negotiations. The presidents also discussed the exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine. Erdogan assured that he would continue to make diplomatic efforts.
Any conversation with the Russian president in the current conditions is especially valuable for his Turkish counterpart. Erdogan has been waiting for Putin in Istanbul for a year, but the visit is postponed, although the Russian leader has managed to visit many countries during this time, including the monarchies of the Persian Gulf.
For Erdogan, Putin's personal visit to Turkey is very important, so he expressed his desire to see the Russian president on his soil "in a very short time."
Let us recall that the Istanbul Conference, the grain deal and the prisoner exchange between Russia and the West took place with the mediation of Turkey. Therefore, the country still has considerable potential for peacekeeping in Ukraine.
THEY DON'T ACCEPT IT RIGHT AWAY
An important issue for Turkey was its status in BRICS. Following the summit in Kazan, it received partner status along with 12 other countries. The German tabloid Bild writes that Turkey's membership was blocked by India, since the Turks are allied with the Indians' enemy, Pakistan.
This could well turn out to be competition within BRICS, which should not be ruled out. And there are already examples of this: during the first expansion, Ethiopia was included in the organization, and not Algeria, which has long been striving to join the organization. Then, as some media wrote, India, which does not like Algeria for its close ties with China, also intervened in the matter.
In the case of Turkey, in addition to its cooperation with Pakistan, one can also note differences with the Indians in the policy in the South Caucasus. Together with France, India is an active supplier of weapons to Armenia, which does not suit Azerbaijan's ally Turkey.
However, it is difficult to judge to what extent exactly the Indian veto has affected the fact that it has not yet been accepted into BRICS. Acceptance a month after the application was submitted and without any Indian pressure would be strange: many candidates have long been waiting in line to join. Partner status is already a considerable achievement for Erdogan, who is known for his habit of sitting on several chairs at once.
Well, and besides, the BRICS countries previously announced that they need to first “digest” those who were accepted in 2023, and for other countries, build a phased integration.
China is an active lobbyist for Turkey's membership in BRICS, which Beijing has openly stated. Russia is happy with such expansion not only because of Turkey's close bilateral economic contacts and logistical role, but also because of Ankara's membership in NATO. Moscow is actively exploiting the opportunity to undermine the alliance's solidity.
ILL-WISHERS NEVER SLEEP
Erdogan's visit was marred by an act of sabotage in Ankara that coincided with his trip. On October 23, suicide bombers from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacked a factory producing drones and fighter jets, killing five people.
The Turkish president thanked everyone who expressed condolences. "This attack will only strengthen our resolve in the fight against terrorism," he said.
Some versions say that the terrorist attack was an attempt to disrupt the peace process proposed by the ruling coalition of Turkey to the Kurds. At the same time, one should not rule out an external influence: the US and NATO are very unhappy with Ankara's constant drifts towards China and Russia.
However, overall, Erdogan can count the trip to Kazan as an asset. His initiatives to support Palestine found support in the BRICS declaration. He was able to discuss prospects for a Ukrainian settlement with Putin. Ankara received official status in the organization.
Given the close political and economic contacts with Russia and China, Erdogan will now have a reason and opportunity to talk face-to-face with Putin and Xi at least once a year.
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