MOSCOW. Oct 12 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has spoken for expanding military-technical cooperation with Brazil.

At a Tuesday meeting in Moscow with Brazilian Vice President Jose Alencar, he asked his guest about his impressions of a visit to the Sukhoi aircraft-making company.

Putin hoped the visit "will lay a good foundation for military- technical relations between our two countries."

Alencar said the visit to Sukhoi convinced him that Russia has achieved much in the high-technology sphere.

Source from Interfax.ru