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No competition between Moscow, Washington in Latin America - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Russia does not compete with anyone in Latin America as the region’s potential is enough for it to deal with all the international players, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Latin America Alexander Shchetinin said in an interview with TASS. "You know, we don’t want to compete with anyone," he said in response to a question. "We have our own agenda," the senior diplomat added. "We compete neither with the Americans nor with the Chinese. Everyone has their own direction, methods and capabilities," Shchetinin pointed out, adding that it would be wrong to compare those methods and capabilities. According to him, Russia has its interests in the region, including trade and economic ones. "We offer our technologies to Latin America, which first and foremost concern the energy industry, biotechnology, aircraft and helicopter construction, transport infrastructure and information technologies," he said. "We are sure that there are possibilities to boost our cooperation with all countries of the region," Shchetinin said. The Russian diplomat noted that the Latin American market and possibilities were wide enough to give chances to everyone. "However, such a diverse agenda affects the America for Americans principle and the United States is unlikely to be happy about it," he added. In early February, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Washington was concerned over Russia’s growing presence in Latin America. He also criticized Moscow for selling weapons to countries who had an unfriendly attitude towards the US. Read more

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