US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel spoke about Turkey's intention to join BRICS during a briefing. To the journalist's question "does the department have any view of the NATO partner’s BRICS membership bid?" Patel stated:
"No. This is a – this is a – this is an issue for our Turkish partners to speak to. Türkiye is an important and vital NATO Ally, and as I said at the beginning, we believe that countries are able to chart their own foreign policy and choose whatever countries and groupings in which they associate."
