MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - The Russian presidency of BRICS will facilitate the integration of new members into the group's working bodies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"As part of the Russian presidency, we will facilitate the smooth inclusion of new BRICS members into the working bodies of the group this year," Putin said at a meeting with the Russian Foreign Ministry's leadership on Friday.
Putin gave a corresponding order to the government. "I am asking the government and the Foreign Ministry to carry on their substantive work and the dialogue with partners in order to approach the BRICS summit in Kazan in October with a weighty package of approved solutions to set the vector of our cooperation on politics, security, the economy, finance, science, culture, sport and humanitarian relations," he said.