Senior Iranian, Brazilian MPs meet on expansion of ties

Senior Iranian and Brazilian lawmakers voiced their countries' willingness to consolidate all-out bilateral relations in a large number of fields. In a meeting between Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi and head of a high-ranking Brazilian parliamentary delegation Senator Valder Raot in Tehran on Sunday, the two legislators underlined that Iran and Brazil enjoy many opportunities and capacities for close cooperation based on mutual interests and respect. Iran has in recent years expanded friendly ties with Latin America, specially in economic, trade and industrial fields. Iran's strong and rapidly growing ties with Latin America have raised eyebrows in the US and its western allies since Tehran and Latin nations have forged an alliance against the imperialist and colonialist powers and are striving hard to reinvigorate their relations with the other independent countries which pursue a line of policy independent from the US.