Bolsonaro wants to preserve the export of Russian fertilizers, although European sanctions do not provide for such restrictions.
President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro stated that his country will not join anti-Russian sanctions for aggression against Ukraine, writes Bloomberg.
Bolsonaru explained this decision by the dependence of the Brazilian economy on the export of Russian fertilizers.
“We will not support these economic sanctions, we will support the balance. If we didn't maintain the balance, do you think we would have been able to get the fertilizers that Brazil so desperately needs?”, he said.
Brazil is not the only country that fears a retaliatory suspension of fertilizer exports from Russia. on sanctions. At the same time, Brussels remains committed to food security, so the new package of sanctions does not include restrictions on trade between the Russian Federation and third countries in agricultural products and fertilizers.
“None of the measures taken in view of Russia's actions, which destabilize the situation in Ukraine, are in any way aimed at trade in agricultural and food products, in particular wheat and fertilizers, between third countries and Russia,” the EU Council said in a statement.
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Let us remind you that Brazil belongs to the so-called “fragile countries” that have not yet decided on their position on the Russian aggression Bolsonaro visited Moscow a week before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and declared “solidarity” with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
In Los Angeles in June, Bolsonaro warned against attempts to pressure US President Joe Biden, saying that although Brazil is still open to aid at the end of the war, “given our dependence on certain international players, we have to be careful.”
March 30 Russia also reached out to Brazilasking for support from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of leading economies to help it resist the devastating sanctions imposed by the West after the invasion of Ukraine.
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