Miley’s letter states that at the moment the country considers participation in the unification inappropriate. Argentina’s entry into BRICS was initiated by previous President Alberto Fernandez, who did not participate in the elections in the fall, which were won by Miley. He, while still a presidential candidate, said that he did not intend to do business with communists and countries led by left-wing governments, “because they do not respect the basic parameters of free trade, freedom and democracy, this is geopolitics.” Fernandez responded by saying that “foreign policy has no ideology.”