“Algeria has almost all the conditions for joining the BRICS.

He is deeply interested in joining this organization,” Tebbun said, quoted by Al Mayadeen TV channel.

Earlier, Nigerian Ambassador to Russia Abdullahi Shehu said in an interview with RIA Novosti that Abuja was not opposed to becoming a member of the BRICS.

The head of the BRICS, Purnima Anand, told the Izvestia newspaper that Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia could soon join the forum.