"As far as BRICS is concerned, I hope that the way will be cleared and that the reality will be recognized - Venezuela is part of BRICS," Maduro said in an interview with Brazilian journalist Breno Altman, broadcast by Venezolana de Television TV channel, TASS reported.
In response to a question about Brazil's veto of Venezuela's accession to BRICS at the association's summit in Kazan, the president noted that "it is necessary to turn the page and look to the future".
Maduro said that the hero of Venezuela's national liberation struggle against Spanish colonial rule, Simon Bolivar, "dreamed of BRICS 200 years ago".
He recalled that the country's former leader, Hugo Chavez, "saw Venezuela's path to BRICS and included this provision in the government's program".