25 May 2016, 10:38 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In late May, media reported that a high-profile Portugal secret service officer, Frederico Carvalhao Gil, was arrested in Rome on the request by Lisbon. He is suspected of transferring classified documents to a Russian intelligence serviceman, who was also arrested.
"We consider what happened, as only a small episode, which can in no way affect the existing good relations between the two countries," Mario Godinho de Matos told reporters.
De Matos stressed that the Portuguese media was publishing only the information on the arrest of a local officer.
