RIO DE JANEIRO, November 12. /TASS/. Brazil seeks to strengthen its bilateral partnership with Iran, with increasing supplies of fertilizers for its own agricultural sector being one of key priorities, the country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

"We are looking for opportunities to expand and reorient our bilateral trade. In 2025, our trade volume reached $3 bln. I specifically noted that Brazil is interested in increasing its imports of fertilizers from Iran," the Brazilian leader wrote on social media X following talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Turkey’s Antalya.

Lula da Silva also expressed hope for a resolution to the conflict between the US and Iran. "Recalling Brazil’s role in the negotiations for the 2010 Tehran Declaration, I called for a peaceful settlement of the conflict and pointed to [Iran’s] right to use nuclear energy for peaceful, civilian purposes," he concluded.