Ryabkov: BRICS is not a military alliance

BRICS is not a military alliance.

1news.media reports that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said this in an interview with TASS.

“Let me remind you that BRICS is not a military alliance. Nor is it a collective security organization with mutual military assistance obligations. It was never created in that spirit, and there are no plans to transform BRICS in that direction,” he noted.

Ryabkov added that during the recent naval exercises held in South Africa, BRICS countries participated using their own national capabilities.