New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paid a State Visit to Brazil on 8 July , upon invitation of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. In a spirit of friendship and trust that has been the cornerstone of Brazil – India relationship along almost eight decades. The relationship was elevated to Strategic Partnership in 2006.
The leaders exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global affairs. They reaffirmed their resolve to bolster the India-Brazil Strategic Partnership, while sustaining their countries’ distinct roles in global affairs, grounded in shared values and oriented by higher purposes, thus contributing to the pursuit of peace, prosperity and sustainable development of their peoples.
Building on strong economic and technological complementarities between India and Brazil, the leaders decided to charter a strategic roadmap to further strengthen bilateral ties over the next decade around five priority pillars . Both nationas signed 6 MOUs and one major announcemnet.
Memorandum of Understandings/ Agreements signed between the two sides:
1. Agreement on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime.
2. MoU on Cooperation for the sharing of Successful Large-scale Digital solutions for Digital Transformation
3. MoU on Cooperation in Renewable Energy.
4. MoU on Agricultural Research between EMBRAPA and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
5. Agreement on the Exchange and Mutual Protection of Classified Information.
6. MoU on Cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property between DPIIT of India and Secretariat of Competitiveness and Regulatory Policy, MDIC of Brazil
Other major announcements:
1. Establishment of Ministerial level mechanism for monitoring Trade, Commerce, and Investment