Membership in BRICS and SCO: Myths and Realities

Azerbaijan wants to become a full member of the BRICS, the chairman of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan of the VI convocation, Sahiba Gafarova, said  at the plenary session of the X Parliamentary Forum of the BRICS countries in St. Petersburg on July 10.

Currently, the prevailing trends in the Azerbaijani economy—such as declining foreign currency revenues, increasing imports, underutilization of non-oil export potential, sharp loss of the manat's purchasing power, appreciation of the real effective exchange rate, and rising levels of dollarization of deposits[1]—provide severe grounds for abandoning a fixed exchange rate regime.

The content of the response from Syrian dictator Assad to the Turkish president's proposal to meet and normalize relations was predictable: completely withdraw from our lands and end support for jihadist organizations.

Former Minister of Health, ethnic Azerbaijani Masoud Pezeshkian won the presidential election in Iran, gaining 53.7% of the vote. He is called a reformist, far from corruption and a supporter of normalization of relations with the West.