President of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia revealed purpose of visit to Azerbaijan.

The Brazilian delegation visited the graves of late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev and his spouse Zarifa Aliyeva in the Alley of Honor. The guests also visited the Alley of Martyrs to pay tribute to Azerbaijani heroes.

Mr Rodrigo Maia said his visit is aimed at achieving further improvement in Brazil-Azerbaijan bilateral trade and business relations.

He said Baku and Rio de Janeiro are twinned cities, noting that for this particular reason he is much happy visiting Baku.

Maia is expected to hold meetings with Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov and other state and government officials.