On the occasion of the visit to Brasilia of the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, President Dilma Rousseff celebrated the 120 years of Ukrainian immigration to Brazil. There are presently about 500 thousand descendants of Ukrainian immigrants in Brazil, the third largest community in the world.

The agenda of the meeting between Presidents Rousseff and Yanukovych included the Brazil-Ukraine space cooperation. The two leaders underlined the progress made in the development of the joint space project "Cyclone 4", which should result in the launch of a space vehicle from the Brazilian center of Alcantara, in the Northeastern state of Maranhão.

During the visit of President Yanukovych, Brazil and Ukraine signed agreements in areas such energy, defense and agribusiness.

25 October 2011