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The First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow. Text translation

More than 200 participants, including parliamentarians from different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Region, representatives of the expert community, public figures and diplomats took part in the Conference. Follow our text translation to find all the information about the key events of the Conference

Vyacheslav Volodin and Amado Cerrud Acevedo signed an agreement granting the State Duma an observer status at the PARLACEN

The relevant ceremony was held on the sidelines of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Plenary session of the International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow

The topic of the session was the cooperation for a just world for all

Speech by Vyachelsav Volodin at the plenary session of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to hold the Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” every year

He announced that at the plenary session in Moscow

Chairman of the State Duma: efforts of the parliaments of Russia and Latin America will help resist sanctions pressure

Over 10 years, 17.5 thousand sanctions were imposed against Russia, as recalled Vyacheslav Volodin

Vyacheslav Volodin: parliamentary dimension to be additional driver for development of relations between Russia and Latin America

Chairman of the State Duma emphasized that the Conference “Russia – Latin America” helped intensify inter-parliamentary contacts: there was signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the Parliament of Venezuela, there was also held the first meeting of the high level interparliamentary commission with Nicaragua

First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Nicaragua was held at the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin and Laureano Ortega Murillo opened the meeting. Parliamentarians discussed issues of legislative support of financial and economic cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua, as well as issues of energy, agriculture, and healthcare cooperation

Parliaments of Russia and Latin America can contribute to building a just multipolar world

On Sunday, October 1, the round table discussion on the topic “Just multipolar world: role of the parliamentary diplomacy” was held as part of the events of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Parliamentarians called for intensifying humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries

Participants of the round table discussion “Development of humanitarian ties between Russia and Latin America: contribution of the parliaments” noted the importance of development of cooperation in such fields as healthcare, science and higher education, sport and culture

Parliamentary ties open the way for the development of mutually beneficial economic cooperation between Russia and Latin America

On Sunday, October 1, a round table discussion on the topic “Equal and mutually beneficial economic cooperation: role of the parliaments” was held as part of the events of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”. Parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean region, their Russian colleagues, as well as experts, public figures, and diplomats took part in the discussion

Parliamentarians from Russia and Latin American countries discussed global security issues

Parliamentarians noted the importance of building a just multipolar world and condemned the US and NATO aggressive policy. Issues of biological safety, countering interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states, and protecting the rights of children were also discussed at the round table

Vyacheslav Volodin: interparliamentary cooperation between Russia and Venezuela is reaching a new level

Vyacheslav Volodin and Jorge Rodríguez Gómez signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Chairman of the State Duma: Russia and Bolivia stand together for creation of a just multipolar world and absence of hegemony

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin held a meeting with President of the Chamber of Senators of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Andrónico Rodríguez Ledezma

Vyacheslav Volodin: new formats of cooperation between Russia and Cuba have proved their effectiveness

He said that at the meeting with President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State of Cuba Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández