<p class="title">Attempts to lower the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) or to destroy it are counter-productive, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is clear that it (global trade) needs to be adapted to the present-day developments," Putin told a meeting of leaders from BRICS nations on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Japan's western city of Osaka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We consider counter-productive any attempts to destroy WTO or to lower its role."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The current situation in the global economy was worrying, he added, as global trade was feeling the effect of "protectionism, (and) politically motivated restrictions." </p>
<p class="title">Attempts to lower the role of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) or to destroy it are counter-productive, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is clear that it (global trade) needs to be adapted to the present-day developments," Putin told a meeting of leaders from BRICS nations on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Japan's western city of Osaka.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We consider counter-productive any attempts to destroy WTO or to lower its role."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The current situation in the global economy was worrying, he added, as global trade was feeling the effect of "protectionism, (and) politically motivated restrictions." </p>