Bahrain to continue participating in BRICS Plus group's activities — envoy to Russia

Bahrain did not receive an invitation to become a BRICS partner state but it will continue to participate in the BRICS Plus group’s activities, the Middle Eastern nation’s Ambassador to Russia Ahmed Al Saati told TASS.

"This is an international association. An invitation should come from the organization itself. However, we have always been participating; we attended the Nizhny Novgorod event," he said in response to a question.

"We take part in the BRICS Plus group’s activities. We always participate in all BRICS Plus meetings," the envoy added.

According to him, Bahrain will wait and see how BRICS will develop. "It’s certainly very important to work with everyone, especially with China, India and Russia. They are our good friends. This is an important organization but before we make a decision, we need to study the situation from every angle to figure out what the outcome will be for us," the ambassador explained.