Bringing the two countries together is a desire to acquire a new and more just system of international relations. Both are convinced that the United Nations Charter offers a firm basis for such relations, with supremacy of the international law, democratic premises and respect for human rights and freedoms, Both countries oppose unilateral approaches to international relations from the position of strength, points out the Foreign Minister.
Brazil is non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2004-05. It is solidarising with Russia on Iraqi, Afghan and Haitian developments, and on Middle East settlement. The two countries are at one to do their utmost to eradicate terrorism and prevent terror acts.
Russian tragedies of late August into early September are still fresh in the public memory. There were two terror blasts in passenger planes, and one close to a metro station in Moscow. Then came an appalling school hostage-taking act in Beslan. Those unprecedented aggressive acts by international terrorists crossed national boundaries by far, and did not leave Brazilians indifferent, says Mr. Lavrov.
