The building of the Russian Foreign MinistryMOSCOW, Apr 6 Moscow amid withdrawal of US and European business from Russia is open to international cooperation, including with Latin American countries, Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «I am convinced that the niches that have opened will be occupied, including by domestic business. cooperation, including Latin American partners. In what areas cooperation will continue, what new areas it will include — this is a matter for the business circles of our countries. Dialogue with them is not interrupted,» Shchetinin said, answering the question whether companies from Latin America can replace European and American enterprises that have decided to leave the Russian market. Western countries have imposed multiple sanctions in response to the special operation of the Russian Federation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but the Russian Federation will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
