The island nation believes it can boost its economy by joining the bloc, Harini Amarasuriya has told RT India
Sri Lanka sees potential BRICS membership as strategically appealing, Prime Harini Amarasuriya has told RT India in an exclusive interview.
The island nation, which is recovering from an economic and humanitarian crisis that plunged the nation into chaos in 2022, sees the bloc as a platform to spur its economic growth, Amarasuriya said in an interview aired on Thursday.
“We are a small country. If we want to meet the targets we have set for ourselves in terms of economic growth, then we need to expand our markets,” she said.
“We [Sri Lanka] need to grow beyond our borders,” Amarasuriya added. “For that, we need strong collaboration, stability in the region, cooperation in the region.”
The prime minister said BRICS is part of Sri Lanka’s “strategy of strengthening regional and global partnerships,” adding that “our foreign policy in general is about collaboration, multilateralism and strong cooperation, globally and especially regionally.”
India assumed the BRICS presidency in 2026 amid sweeping global geopolitical interventions by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
When asked whether Sri Lanka would be interested in buying Russian crude, she said, “All these discussions are at a preliminary stage. We have not set any deadlines or timelines for any of these.”
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