Armenia will participate in the BRICS summit to be held in Kazan, Russia, from Tuesday to Thursday. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan announced this while speaking with reporters at the National Assembly of Armenia Monday.

According to him, however, at this phase, Armenia is not discussing the possibility of becoming a member of this union.

To the question whether there is a prospect of Armenia’s BRICS membership, the deputy PM responded: "Now it is very difficult to make such an assessment. There should still be so many discussions about consolidation within the framework of BRICS so that it becomes clear to us what kind of process it is, whether such a thing will happen or not, whether it is possible or not."