 In 1994, Celso Amorim made the first official visit of a Brazilian Foreign Minister to Russia.Since then, bilateral relations between Russia and Brazil have been characterized by the positive dynamics of political contacts at all levels.In 1997 the Russian-Brazilian Commission of High Level of Cooperation (CAN) was created, headed by the Head of Government of the Russian Federation and the Vice-President of the Federative Republic of Brazil and regulated by the "Brazil-Russia Cooperation Treaty," signed on November 21, 1997.