British PM hosts Brazil's president for Olympic talks

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday to pick up some tips on staging the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Welcoming Rousseff to his Downing Street residence in London, Cameron said the Olympic connection provided a "great opportunity" for cooperation between Brazil and Britain.

Rousseff is among 120 national leaders expected to attend the opening ceremony of the London Games on Friday.

Cameron said he also wanted to deepen trade ties between Britain and Latin America's dominant power, which overtook Britain this year to become the world's sixth largest economy.

Trade between the two countries was worth ?5.52 billion ($8.57 billion, 7.05 billion euros) in 2011, an increase of just over 10 percent on the previous year.

"Obviously we have good opportunities for wide-ranging discussions but also the chance to talk about the Olympics here in London and the Olympics to come in your country next," Cameron said.

"It's going to be a great opportunity for cooperation between Britain and Brazil."

The pair discussed the eurozone crisis and the global economy with Cameron pressing the case for continued liberalisation of trade between Brazil and the European Union, according to a Downing Street statement.

The two leaders also agreed on the need for international cooperation to tackle Iran's nuclear programme and also to end the crisis in Syria, the statement added.

Rousseff said: "This is a special moment in time for Brazil-UK relations because Brazil will be the next country to host the Olympic Games in 2016.

"It's our intention to learn lessons from the successful UK experience."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/british-pm-hosts-brazils-president-olympic-talks-195249098--oly.html

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