NEW DELHI, April 16. /TASS/. The BRICS member states are in discussions on a number of proposals for a common response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said.
"We would like to have a reaction from the BRICS to the Gulf War. And there are various proposals on that," Alipov stated in an interview with India’s WION television. "They’re on the table. We are in discussion of those."
"Possibly, we will have, BRICS will have a statement and we’ll react to the situation and express its position," he continued.
According to Alipov, current contradictions "should be regarded as a working, a natural working process, a natural situation, since the BRICS is not any formal organization."
"It’s an informal format based on consensus, a group of equal members, equal countries. And we never use any pressure tactics within BRICS on each other. If there is no agreement between the members, we continue the discussion," the diplomat noted.
