BRICS Countries Extend Statement Of Support For Russian Participation In G20

BRICS Countries Extend Statement Of Support For Russian Participation In G20
BRICS leaders (From L) President of the People?s Republic of China Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives for a family photo in Durban on March 27, 2013. Leaders from the BRICS group of emerging powers failed to launch a much-anticipated new development bank to rival Western-dominated institutions like the World Bank. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
BRICS leaders (From L) President of the People?s Republic of China Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrives for a family photo in Durban on March 27, 2013. Leaders from the BRICS group of emerging powers failed to launch a much-anticipated new development bank to rival Western-dominated institutions like the World Bank. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

March 25 (UPI) -- Representatives from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa -- economies that comprise BRICS -- met in The Hague on Monday on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.

The BRICS minsters issued a joint statement Monday asserting that Russia should be allowed to participate in the Group of 20's next meeting in Australia in November. The statement was prompted after Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop suggested Russia would be barred from the summit.

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