The head of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, announced this Sunday that she had delivered a message from her president, Vladimir Putin, to Brazilian representative Lula da Silva, inviting him to visit Russia.
“I delivered a message from the Russian president to the respected president of Brazil and confirmed that we are waiting for him in Moscow as soon as his work schedule allows,” the Russian official told Russian news agency TASS in a statement. In reports cited by the Russian press Eph.
According to the senator, the The Russian delegation’s participation in Lula da Silva’s inauguration is a sign of respect and a sign that Russia is interested in “continuing to actively develop relations”. With Brazil.
“Despite his heavy workload, the President found time to meet us. It was supposed to be a formal meeting, but in reality we talked for almost an hour. It was a very useful and interesting conversation,” Matvienko said.
The head of the Russian Senate added He discussed bilateral relations between the two states with Lula.
“We must remember in particular the period when the President of Brazil was the now re-elected Lula, when close and constructive relations were created between our countries, which reached the level of a strategic partnership”, he underlined.
Matvienko noted The head of state of Brazil participated in the creation of the BRICS group of countries.
“The re-elected president confirmed his presence and interest in resuming Russian-Brazilian relations in economic, commercial, technological, environmental and other areas,” the Senate president said.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in today The 39th President of the Federal Republic of Brazil at a solemn ceremony at the National Congress in Brasilia
The new Brazilian president had already been sworn in twice (from 2003 to 2010).
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