BRAZIL, January 1 Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said, that the President of Brazil supported the early launch of the work of a high-level commission with Russia, which had not been held for several years.
The Speaker of the Federation Council represents Russia in Brazil at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
«He (the President of Brazil — ed.) supported the idea of immediately launching a high-level commission, which, unfortunately, has not been held for several years for several reasons, including subjective ones. of the government, Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, and from the Brazilian side — vice president. The president promised to formalize the appointment of the co-chair as soon as possible and supported the need for an early holding,» she said.
Speaker of the Federation Council Matviyenko held a number of meetings in Brazil on Saturday, including with Vice President of the Republic of Cuba Salvador Valdez Mesa and Chairman of the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique Experanse Biash. From the Russian side, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev and Chief of Staff of the Federation Council Gennady Golov also took part in bilateral meetings from the Russian side, the press service of the Federation Council reports.
On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held meetings with heads of delegations of Russia and Ukraine.
On December 31, Matvienko arrived in the city of Brasilia on a working visit.
In Brazil, on October 30, the second round of presidential elections took place, in which Lula da Silva defeated the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a small margin. In November, Brazil's highest electoral court rejected Bolsonaro's party's application to annul some of the votes in the presidential election.