Hikmat Hajiyev: BRICS contributes to improving global governance, fair world order

BRICS contributes to improving global governance and developing a more equitable world order, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, told Xinhua, Report informs.

According to Hajiyev, BRICS has served pluralism and democratization of the international relations system since its inception.

"We believe that BRICS countries, being committed to international law, principles of territorial integrity, sovereignty, and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, supporting mutually beneficial relations between states and preventing the monopolization of the political agenda by only one group of countries, contribute to improving global governance and developing the international order in a more equitable direction," he said.

The assistant to the president of Azerbaijan also touched upon the organization's potential. In his opinion, member states can use their advantages.

As Hajiyev noted, Azerbaijan's desire to join BRICS would be a logical continuation of the country's active independent foreign policy.

Azerbaijan can bring additional dynamics to BRICS, and membership in the organization will be a continuation of the country's good relations with current participants on a multilateral platform, he added.