A high-level delegation from Brazil, led by its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Viera, arrived in Abuja on a visit aimed at boosting cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil in a move towards strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.
The visit was also used to deliver an invitation of Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to President Bola Tinubu to visit Brazil in the nearest future.
The visit, when finalized, is expected to focus on trade, investment, and cultural cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil.
Viera, who led a team from the Latin American nation to Nigeria is expected to engage in high-level talks with Nigerian officials.
The two countries are expected to sign some agreements aimed at strengthening their bilateral ties.
The minister, who commended President Tinubu’s participation in the G-20 summit in Brazil last November, stressed the importance of strategic dialogue and exploring deeper relations in various areas, including culture, economics, cooperation and education.
He said, “It’s a pleasure to visit Nigeria. We are very pleased that President Tinubu went to Brazil for the G-20 summit in November. We value a lot the contributions of Nigeria to the G-20 and we hope that President Tinubu will be able to come back to Brazil in the near future.
‘’I take also this opportunity to express the desire of President Lula to receive President Tinubu in Brazil shortly.
“We consider this instance, this moment of consultations between our two ministries, very important. It’s a follow-up to the previous engagements we had.
“As I mentioned, since the beginning of this mandate, this term in office of President Lula, which took place in early January 2023. We will continue to prepare for the coming events that we have.
“We have to work on our mechanism for strategic dialogue and to continue exploring ways to have deeper and closer, even deeper and even closer relations in all areas.”
Moreover, Ambassador Tuggar noted that Brazil was the only Latin American country to attend Nigeria’s independence celebration, underscoring the strong historical ties between the two nations.
He said, “We share a lot in common, from our size and economies to our population and culture. This visit is a natural progression of our partnership.”
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