The remarks came in response to an earlier report by Bloomberg that NATO member Turkey formally applied to the bloc several months ago. Celik said that the application has yet to see any concrete ...
Turkey will be the first NATO member to request membership of the BRICS economic bloc spearheaded by the leaders of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, it has been reported.
NATO member Turkey has applied for membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as Russia and China seek to counter the West’s global influence.