Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russian State Duma, Leonid Slutsky, said that the Russia-Latin America parliamentary conference will be held every year. The MP’s words were quoted TASS.
The legislator, who attended the round table “A Just Multipolar World: The Role of Parliamentary Diplomacy”, said, “Our conference will now be annual.”
The event took place on October 1 as part of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”. The second will take place in Moscow from September 29 to October 2.
According to available information, more than 200 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean attended the forum. These include legislators of the countries of the region, as well as public figures and representatives of the expert community.
On September 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the conference. Russian leader during his speech mercenary To draw attention to the desire of Latin American states to pursue independent policies and statedThat BRICS is a platform for developing positions based on mutual respect.
Formerly at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported about plans to achieve visa-free regime with all Latin American countries.