Russia turns to Latin America for food imports

Russia's government met with various Latin American embassies this week to discuss the possibility of looking for more food providers in the wake of its ban on many Western products, the head of Chile's trade body said Thursday.

Russia has banned all imports of U.S. food products and certain goods from the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway after President Vladimir Putin ordered retaliation for sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

"What we had was a meeting yesterday [Wednesday] between the Russian government and various Latin American embassies, where of course Chile was invited," Andres Rebolledo, the head of the Chilean government's Direcon trade body, said in an interview.

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