INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Despite the Islamic Emirate&s (IEA) request to attend this year&s BRICS summit in Kazan, in Russia, Afghanistan has not been invited to
attend.The two-day summit, which got underway on Tuesday will bring together presidents of Russia, China, India, Brazil, Egypt and Iran
along with other leaders.So far the IEA has not commented on its absence but in May this year, an Islamic Emirate spokesman confirmed they
had asked to attend the next meeting.He said at the time, Afghanistan had good economic relations and trade exchanges with BRICS countries
and hoped to participate.However, Zamir Kabulov, Russia&s special representative for Afghanistan affairs, said earlier this month that an
invitation to the meeting would not only be dependent on Russia but also on the other member countries.Although the caretaker government of
Afghanistan has not yet been officially recognized by any country, it has good relations with the founding countries of BRICS, including
China and Russia.BRICS, which is an economic organization, was established in 2009 at the initiative of Russia
Brazil, Russia, India and China were its first members, while South Africa joined a year later.
More recently, Iran, United Arab Emirates,
Egypt and Ethiopia also joined.The post BRICS summit gets underway in Kazan, Russia first appeared on Ariana News.
