Russian Senate Speaker Valentina Matvienko announced, on Sunday, that she had delivered a letter from her president, Vladimir Putin, to her Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, inviting her to visit Russia.
“I delivered a letter from the President of Russia 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 said in statements to the Russian news agency TASS. In remarks reported by the Russian press.
According to the senator, the The participation of the Russian delegation in Lula da Silva’s inauguration ceremony is a sign of respect and a sign that Russia is interested in “continuing to actively develop relations.” with Brazil.
Despite the heavy workload, the boss found time to meet with us. It was supposed to be a formal meeting, but in reality we talked for about an hour. “It was a very interesting and productive conversation,” said Matvienko.
The head of the Russian Senate added that Discuss with Lula group of bilateral relations between the two countries.
“We must especially stress that we remember the time when the President of Brazil was the now re-elected Lula, when close and constructive relations were established between our two countries, reaching the level of strategic partnership,” he stressed.
Matviyenko noted that The Brazilian head of state participated in the creation of the BRICS group of countries.
“The re-elected president confirmed his readiness and interest in relaunching Russian-Brazilian relations in terms of increasing economic, trade, technical, environmental and other fields,” the Senate president added.
Today Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as The 39th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil at an official ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia
The new Brazilian president had already held office for two terms (2003 to 2010).
