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14 de abril de 2010Iranian authorities, according to that country’s official news agency, Irna, see the visit by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on May 15 as an opportunity to strengthen partnerships between the two nations.
Last week, on April 7, the ambassadors of Brazil in Iran (Antonio Luis Espinola Salgado) and Iran in Brazil (Moshen Shaterzadeh) had simultaneous news conferences to discuss the planned visit.
According to Shaterzadeh, the position of the Brazilian government supporting Iran’s right to develop a nuclear program is positive because it shows trust in the peaceful objectives of the research. The Iranian ambassador went on to say that the two countries have decided to work together on nuclear cooperation.
In his comments, the Brazilian ambassador, Salgado, pointed out that Brazil – Iran relations have existed for a century and the tendency is for them to expand in various areas. “We share concerns in the area of international relations,” said the ambassador. “In different ways, both countries seek to promote bilateral relations as part of an effort to safeguard national independence within a framework of peaceful coexistence with other nations.”
Both ambassadors praised the visit by the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to Brazil in November 2009. At that time the two countries signed 14 cooperation agreements.
