The Turkish presidency’s Directorate of Communications dismissed on Thursday media reports suggesting that India opposed Turkey's bid to join BRICS as false.
"The claims published in some media that India is preventing Turkey from joining BRICS are false," Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office wrote on X.
The process of admitting new members to the group of the world's fastest-growing economies was not discussed at the BRICS' Kazan Summit in Russia or at its outreach event, which Erdogan attended, his office said.
German tabloid Bild alleged that India opposed Turkey's potential accession to the group of emerging economies, citing Ankara's friendly relations with India's long-term rival, Pakistan.
Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Ankara is closely monitoring the expansion policy and development of processes in BRICS.