He stated this during the ceremony of presenting credentials by the newly arrived ambassadors of foreign states.

“We will continue to consistently strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, economic, energy, scientific and technological and other areas.

We will be glad to see the President of Brazil in Russia, ”the Kremlin website quotes Putin as saying.

He noted that Brazil is one of the important strategic partners of Russia. 

On September 9, Jair Bolsonaro said that his country is interested in diversifying the country's exports to Russia.