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Russia's partners in BRICS that are Brazil, India, China and South Africa have expressed an understanding of the Russian position on Crimea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"As far as a meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers is concerned, we have heard the understanding of the current situation and of historic aspects of the whole situation here in The Hague, and we are thankful to our partners for this," Lavrov told a news conference in The Hague on Monday.

Commenting on media reports that Australia may fail to invite Russia to the G20 summit, Lavrov said that the foreign minister of South Africa, the current president in BRICS read out a communique that "states our approach to the situation in the world."

"The common position was stated: we altogether not just Australia formed the G20 and we will work in this mechanism just as we have once concluded," he said