NEW DELHI: India and Brazil on Saturday inked 15 agreements to boost cooperation in a wide range of areas like trade and investment, oil and gas, cyber security and information technology after talks between Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi said an action plan has been finalised to further expand strategic ties between the two strategic partners.
“Your visit to India has opened a new chapter in bilateral ties between India and Brazil,” Modi said in his media statement in presence of Bolsonaro.
Calling Brazil a valuable partner in India’s economic growth, the prime minister also said both the countries are together on various global issues despite geographical distance.
On his part Bolsonaro said the two countries have further consolidated already strong ties by signing 15 agreements providing for cooperation in a range of areas.
Bolsonaro arrived here on Friday, accompanied by his daughter Laura Bolsonaro, daughter-in-law Leticia Firmo, eight ministers, four members of the Brazilian parliament and a large business delegation.
The Brazilian president will grace the Republic Day Parade as chief guest on Sunday.
India’s ties with Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, have been on an upswing in the last few years. The country has a population of 210 million with USD 1.8 trillion economy.
| Sl.No | MoU/Agreement | Exchanged from Indian side by | Exchanged from Brazilian side by | Exchanged/Announced |
| 1. | MoU between the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation | Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas | H.E.Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy | Exchanged & Announced |
| 2. | MoU for Cooperation in the field of Oil and Natural Gas b/w Ministry Of Petroleum And Natural Gas of the Government of the Republic of India and Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil | Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas | H.E. Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy | Only Announced |
| 3. | Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty b/w the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil | Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister | H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Exchanged & Announced |
| 4. | Agreement between the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. | Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister | H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Only Announced |
| 5. | MoU between the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Citizenship of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the field of Early Childhood | V.Muraleedharan Minister of State for External Affairs |
H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Only Announced |
| 6. | MoU between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine | V.Muraleedharan Minister of State for External Affairs |
H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Exchanged & Announced |
| 7. | MoU between the Ministry of AYUSH of the Government Republic of India and the Ministry of Health of the Federative Republic of Brazil on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy. | V.Muraleedharan Minister of State for External Affairs |
H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Only Announced |
| 8. | Cultural Exchange Programme b/w the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the period 2020-2024 | Vijay Gokhale, Foreign Secretary | H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Exchanged & Announced |
| 9. | Agreement on Social Security b/w the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of Brazil. | Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA | H.E. Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | Exchanged & Announced |
| 10. | MoU on Cooperation between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) of the Republic of India and the General Coordination of Network Incident Treatment Centre, Department of Information Security, Institutional Security, Cabinet of the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil (CGCTIR/DSI/GSI) on cooperation in the area of Cyber Security. | Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA | H.E. Augusto Heleno, Minister Chief of the Institutional Security Office | Exchanged & Announced |
| 11. | Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation for implementing the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation b/w the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of India (2020-2023) | Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA | H.E. Marcos Pontes, Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication | Exchanged & Announced |
| 12. | MoU on Cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources between Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines of the Republic of India and the Geological Survey of Brazil- CPRM, Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Federative Republic of Brazil | Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA | H.E. Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy | Exchanged & Announced |
| 13. | MoU between Invest India and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex Brazil) | Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary (East), MEA | Sérgio Segovia, President of APEX-Brasil | Exchanged & Announced |
| 14. | Joint Declaration of Intent between Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of the Federative Republic of Brazil for Cooperation in the fields of Animal Husbandry and Dairying | Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Animal Husbandry | Jorge Seif Junior, Secretary of Aquiculture and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. | Exchanged & Announced |
| 15. | MoU between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Of the Republic of India and Centro Nacional de PesquisaemEnergia e Materiais (CNPEM) on Cooperation for establishing a nodal institution in India to carry out research on Bioenergy | Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) | H.E. Marcos Pontes, Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication | Exchanged & Announced |
