OSAKA (Reuters) – The BRICS bloc, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has discussed how it might help to broker a resolution to the political crisis in Venezuela, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on Saturday.

Sergei Storchak told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, that the BRICS would like to “bring the sides in dispute to the negotiating table”.