According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia continues to support Latin American countries in food and energy security despite Western sanctions.
He pointed out that Russian companies supplied US$3.7 billion in fertilizer between January and June alone.
He added that trade between Russia and Latin America increased by 27% in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year and amounted to US$11 billion.
He pointed out that trade exchange between Moscow and Brasilia increased by 50.6% between January and May, compared to the same period in 2021.
Russia considers Latin America a friendly and promising region, he added.
Lavrov called it logical that no Latin American country has joined the anti-Russian sanctions, either in 2014 or now.
“We are ready to develop further relations (…) with all our Latin American friends, as far as they are ready (…) We advocate equal and mutually beneficial cooperation on a pragmatic, not ideological, basis. We are in favor of building bridges, not walls,” he stressed.