ATHENS (Sputnik), Anna Liatsou — In May, Russia invited Greece to become an NDB member, with discussions on Athens' membership in the bank expected to take place at the July 8-9 BRICS summit in Russia.
Earlier this week, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow had received signals that Greece was willing to join the NDB.
"If that is to happen between Greece and the BRICS within the Development Bank of the BRICS it’s good news. But we still have a lot of work to do to see the details of this agreement and the results of that," Isychos said.
The agreement on the creation of the New Development Bank was signed on July 15, 2014, at a BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil. The NDB’s main purpose is to finance infrastructure projects and sustainable development in BRICS nations and in other emerging economies around the globe.
