Cooperation between the navies of member countries would help protect sea lanes, Nikolay Patrushev has said

The BRICS countries need strategic maritime cooperation in order to enhance security along global shipping lanes from Western piracy, a top Russian official has said.

Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev’s comments calling for cooperation between BRICS countries come at a time when the US is seizing tankers that it claims are transporting sanctioned oil.

“We will tap into the potential of BRICS, which needs to be given a full-fledged strategic maritime dimension,” he told the Russian outlet Argumenty i Fakty on Monday.

The member countries are already conducting joint naval exercises, Patrushev said, citing drills held in January and February.

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