Pakistan and Brazil will sign a number of agreements and memorandum of understandings to promote trade and economic activities and strengthen bilateral ties during the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani to Rio de Janeiro in second week of June.
Talking to newsmen informally here at Brazilian embassy after donating US# 250,000 to Pakistan for the repatriation of Afghan refugees, the Brazilian ambassador to Pakistan Alfredo Leoni said, although Prime Minister Gilani will visit Brazil to attend the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference but there will be bilateral talks between Pakistani and Brazilian leadership during this visit. He said the expected agreements and MoUs to be signed between Pakistan and Brazil during this visit will be related to technical cooperation in agriculture, health and education sectors, sugar cane production, sports cooperation, eradication of poverty, visa regime that include visa to Pakistani business community and establishing Joint Ministerial Economic Commission. The Brazilian ambassador said Pakistan’s export to Brazil have been doubled in the last two years from US$ 39 million to US$ 80 million and there are more prospects for further increase in trade and economic cooperation between the two countries while the trade volume between the two countries is US$ 260 millions. Welcoming the visit of Prime Minister Gilani to Brazil, the ambassador said it will promote bilateral relations and strengthen the ties. He said the visit will also provide a chance to Prime Minister Gilani to meet world leaders, as 120 heads of governments will be in Brazil on the occasion of Sustainable Development Conference of United Nations being held from June 20 to 22.
