During the BRICS summit held in Kazan, 13 countries, including Uzbekistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Belarus, received the status of partner countries of the association. This is a mandatory step towards joining the club.

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President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev gave a speech at the BRICS Plus format summit held in Russia. In his speech, the head of state stated that Uzbekistan intends to actively develop partnership relations with BRICS countries. Uzbekistan's BRICS plans and the situation in the Middle East were also discussed.

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to Kazan, Russia to participate in the BRICS summit, an act of vandalism was carried out at the factory of the TUSAŞ company located in the Kazan district of Ankara. Is this a coincidence or a warning from the West?

A competition on the recitation of the Holy Qur'an with the participation of reciters from 20 countries of the BRICS countries, as well as the Arab-Muslim world - the CIS, Asia and Africa - has started in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. The winner will receive a cash prize of $7,000.

The BRICS bloc, which includes Russia, China, Brazil, India, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran and the UAE, plans to create its own payment system and implement it in October. The new payment system will be presented at the upcoming summit of BRICS leaders - the meeting is expected to be held in Kazan on October 22-24.

The President of Argentina, Javier Miley, announced that he has left the mechanism of the BRICS group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.