The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council met with the Ambassador of Brazil to Russia.
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Russian Federation Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares.
Konstantin Kosachev drew attention to the fact that the recent visit of the Federation Council Speaker to Brazil to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the President of Brazil was meaningful. “Russian-Brazilian relations have a great future,” the Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council stressed.
According to Kosachev, Russia highly appreciates the Brazilian leadership’s interest in developing integration relations with our country. “We are ready to actively participate in the implementation of these tasks through the parliament,” Konstantin Kosachev said.
“We expect the visit of the Federal Senate head to Moscow, in accordance with his invitation. The Federation Council expresses hope for the dynamic development of relations with the newly formed Federal Senate of Brazil. We look forward to intensifying interaction between the Federation Council committees with relevant committees of the Brazilian Senate, as well as establishing contacts through the friendship groups when such a group is formed in the Federal Senate of the National Congress of Brazil. We consider the issue of the BRICS parliamentary dimension to be topical. We expect the Brazilian side to express its position on this matter,” said the Federation Council Deputy Speaker.
According to Rodrigo de Lima Baeno Soares, with the inauguration of the President of Brazil, a new page in relations between the two countries has opened. “We consider Russia an important partner with which we are ready to strengthen cooperation. The visit of the Federation Council Speaker contributed to the further strengthening of bilateral relations,” the Ambassador said.
During the conversation, Konstantin Kosachev and Rodrigo de Lima Baeno Soares stated with satisfaction that this year Russia and Brazil are partners of the Russia’s Primeval Nature Festival, which is supported by the Federation Council and will kick off on 17 February in Moscow.
The interlocutors also discussed the state of and prospects for Russian-Brazilian cooperation within the BRICS and the G20, as well as current issues on the international agenda, including developments in Ukraine.