JAKARTA - Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira expressed his country's readiness to export oil to Japan.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu held the first Japan-Brazil Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Vieira on Monday, May 18.
"Vieira expressed understanding with Motegi's statement and confirmed that, considering the current international situation, Brazil is ready to conduct constructive discussions on the supply of Brazilian crude oil to Japan," the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoted by ANTARRA from Sputnik.
In an interview with the Nikkei daily, Vieira also revealed that both parties discussed the supply of rare earth metals.
BraSil has the second largest rare earth reserves in the world after China.
He added that Mercosur trade bloc member countries are ready to start negotiations with Japan on an economic partnership.
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