Iran’s envoy to Brazil says the Iranian president’s second visit to the country will facilitate further expansion of bilateral ties as well as offering new insights on global affairs through his participation in the Rio+20 Earth Summit, Press TV reports.
The Islamic Republic’s Ambassador to Brazil Mohammad Ali Qane’zadeh asserted on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Rio+20 summit that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will engage in other meetings and activities in the course of his participation in the global environmental conference that would lead to further enhancement of relations between Tehran and Brasilia.
Saying that Iran-Brazil ties are 110 years old, the Iranian envoy described bilateral trade relations between the two states as expanding and stated that the trade volume between the two allies stood at $2.4 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach an even greater volume during current Gregorian calendar year.
He added that the ongoing visit by President Ahmadinejad to participate in the Rio+20 global environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro is his second formal tour of the country and will serve as a significant step towards further expansion of relations between the two allies.
