Brazil would welcome a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) like bloc with the Gulf states with the aim of working towards achieving common goals, according to an influential Brazilian Congressman.

Brazil is the current chair of the BRICS, an informal association of five major emerging economies, added the Wam report.

“We are open to new markets and new opportunities; therefore, we would welcome such an idea,” Eduardo Bolsonaro, chairperson of Foreign Relations and National Defence Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Brazilian Parliament, told WAM in an exclusive interview during his recent visit to the country where he held talks with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

“This is something the Brazilian president can discuss with the UAE leaders during his state visit to the UAE,” said Bolsonaro, revealing that the President Jair Bolsonaro had accepted an invitation from the UAE leadership to visit the country in October.