President met with the Acting President of Brazil Michel Temer

President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in the Federal Republic of Brazil on a working visit, on August 12 arrived at the capital of the country Brasilia. After the official welcoming ceremony, the President of Armenia met with the Acting President of Brazil Michel Temer.

At the beginning of the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan thanked for the warm welcome and congratulated Michel Temer on hosting the Olympic Games in Brazil. The President of Armenia expressed gratitude on behalf of the Armenian athletes for all necessary conditions created in Rio de Janeiro and the cordial attitude. He wished positive and safe course to the 31st Olympic Games – a festive sporting event which unites peoples of the world. According to the President, the Olympic Games besides being a great sporting holiday also send a message of peace to the entire world. Serzh Sargsyan expressed hope that the Games taking place these days in Brazil will reiterated this important notion for the humanity and will help in improving the international atmosphere and making it healthier, which, in his opinion, is expedient, especially in recent times. In this context, President Sargsyan spoke also about the significance of a peaceful resolution of the NK conflict and underscored that Armenia attaches great importance to Brazil’s balanced and unbiased position.

At the meeting, the leaders of the two countries exchanged views on cooperation between Armenia and Brazil in different areas, possibilities of further strengthening and deepening of the bilateral relations. The President of Armenia noted with satisfaction that Armenia and Brazil enjoy strong friendly relations based on respect and mutual trust. Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of developing versatile relations with the one of the economic and political heavy-weights of the world – Brazil, and expressed hope that his current visit will become an impetus for the strengthening of the bilateral relations and will outline new areas of cooperation.
From the viewpoint of developing the bilateral ties, the President of Armenia underlined the import of the high-level reciprocal visits, as well as regular consultations and contacts in bilateral, as well as multilateral formats, and in the framework of international organizations. Serzh Sargsyan hailed the last year recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Senate of Brazil. According to the President of Armenia, the document which reflects the recognition of the Armenian Genocide characterizes the people of Brazil in their best, their system of values, and moral aspirations. The parties stressed the importance of developing the interparliamentary relations, ascribing a big role to the Friendship Groups functioning in the Parliaments of the two countries.

Based on the results of the high-level Armenian-Brazilian talks, the parties signed documents aimed at the development and strengthening of the bilateral cooperation in a number of areas. The parties signed the Agreement between the Governments of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Republic of Brazil on Cooperation in the Area of Education, Agreement of Cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply of the Federal Republic of Brazil on Cooperation in the Area of Agriculture, Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Republic of Brazil on Political Consultations, Memorandum of Understanding between the Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Rio Branco Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Brazil on Cooperation, Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and Government of the Federal Republic of Brazil on Technical Cooperation.

Later, in the framework of his working visit President Serzh Sargsyan in Brasilia will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Embassy of Armenia in the Federal Republic of Brazil.