MINSK, 19 June (BelTA) – The Latin American region is now underestimated, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said on the air of the STV channel on 18 June, BelTA as learned.
“Despite the high share of Russia in our trade, the country’s leadership wants me as ambassador to work more actively with third countries. First of all, these are Africa, Latin America, Asia. Today the main focus is on the African continent. The total volume of trade between Belarus and Africa is over $200 million. Such visits as the visit of the Belarusian president to Zimbabwe definitely give a huge impetus immediately,” he said
According to the Ambassador, the Latin American region is now underestimated. “Despite some political aspects, most Latin American countries are absolutely friendly to us. I keep in touch with virtually all the ambassadors. We have a very effective format of cooperation, namely the Belarusian-Latin American forum. It latest edition made an emphasis on logistics and financial mechanisms, the movement of money, payment for our products. We also discussed a number of interesting cooperation projects, the assembly production of our vehicles in the Latin American market, taking into account, of course, the climatic and other features,” Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi emphasized.