OREANDA-NEWS   Armenia is interested in obtaining observer status in BRICS. This was stated by the country's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in an interview with WIN.

He recalled that the republic had already participated in the work of the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. According to him, Armenia is interested in obtaining observer status in this organization and wants to explore the opportunities offered by this cooperation.

Earlier, the founder of the Pink Floyd rock band, Roger Waters, spoke out in support of BRICS. "We need more BRICS and less NATO," the performer urged.

Prior to that, it became known that Pakistan would spend 582 million dollars to purchase 1.1 percent of shares in the New BRICS Development Bank in order to increase independence from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The decision to establish the NDB to finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the BRICS and developing countries was implemented in 2014 by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.