9 August 2016, 23:35 GMT
YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) – BRICS is not currently considering to accept new members, but there is a major international interest in the association, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
"There are no plans of accepting new members at this time, though there is a major interest," Lavrov said at the Ural Federal University in Russia's Yekaterinburg.
"This is a very important format, approaches to key international problems are being agreed in its framework," he added.
