Rio de Janeiro, July 17 /TASS /. The leadership of Brazil said it was meaningless and not in line with the statements of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sanctions possible to respond to strengthening the republic's trade relationship with Russia. This was declared by the Foreign Minister of Mauro Vieira.
The opinions of NATO Secretary General are completely inappropriate. First, because NATO is a military alliance, this bloc does not negotiate the trade agreements. Second, Brazil did not include it, he said in an interview with CNN Brazil. According to the television channel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic is considered an unreasonable statement of Rutte.
“Brazil, like all other countries, is participating in trade issues on bilateral or in the WTO. Therefore, this (Rutte's statement – approximately.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General said that India, Brazil and China could wait for secondary sanctions if cooperating with Russia to continue.