New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that the level of cooperation within BRICS is increasing enormously, Petr Sizov, Press Secretary of Russian Embassy in India, said on Friday as he expressed optimism about the deliberations at the 18th BRICS Summit, which formally begins tomorrow in New Delhi.

Sizov spoke in Hindi about the growing strength of the grouping that has India, China and Russia among its prominent members.

"Mein umeed karta hu ki yeh sabse jabardast community hoga (I have hopes that this will be a great community)," he told ANI.

Sizov also referred to President Putin's remarks at the BRICS Business Forum meeting in which he compared the contribution of BRICS countries to world GDP with that o...