Russia reaffirms support for Brazil in its aspiration to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council as part of a just reform of the global governance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
"As part of our common effort to promote an equitable reform of the mechanisms and institutions of global governance, we will work closely in the UN, in its Security Council, where Brazil is currently a non-permanent member. And we reaffirmed today our support for Brazil's bid to be granted a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, just as we support India, and in this regard we also support the need to address the interests of the African continent," Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.
Apart from that, the Russian foreign minister noted that Russia is grateful for Brazil's balanced stance on the conflict in Ukraine and its willingness to contribute to the peace process.
"We are grateful to our Brazilian friends for their excellent understanding of the genesis of this situation, and we are grateful for their willingness to contribute to the search for ways to resolve it," Sergey Lavrov said.
Commenting on the state of the bilateral relations, Lavrov pointed out that Russia and Brazil have good prospects for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and that the sides have outlined a schedule for restoration of the work of bilateral institutions.
"Today we talked about the areas that need to be developed in the interests of our countries and our citizens - this, of course, is energy industry... peaceful uses of atomic energy. There are very good interaction and prospects here," Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with his Brazilian counterpart.
He said the two countries are also interested in developing the peaceful use of space, agriculture, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industry.
Brazil is the first leg of Lavrov's tour to several Latin American countries, which will run from April 17-21 and also include Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.