14 Sep 2015 16:22

State Duma Speaker Naryshkin to visit Brazil in 2016 - Pushkov

(Technical repeat)

MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - Russian Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin has accepted an invitation by Brazilian leaders to visit the country, Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov has told reporters.

"He has accepted the invitation and said that in all likelihood the visit will be held in 2016," said Pushkov, who attended Naryshkin's meeting with Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer at the State Duma on Monday.

The invitation was actually made even earlier and now Brazil has confirmed it through its vice president, the committee chief said.