Brazil and the UAE: a strategic partnership for the future – The National

Brazil and the UAE: a strategic partnership for the future – The National

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is visiting the UAE today. This is the second time President Lula is visiting the country: his first visit took place on December 2003 during his previous tenure as President of Brazil. Twenty years later, upon his return to the Emirates, he will find a modern, thriving and prosperous country, increasingly active in addressing regional and global challenges. President Lula will also be happy to see that the bilateral ties between Brazil and the UAE are now at their best and that his visit will contribute to further advance this successful partnership.

The strength of our bond is founded in our will to transform the present and in our vision of the future. Both Brazil and the UAE have young, industrious and creative populations, territories rich in natural resources, complementary agendas in many fields and a common concern about issues that demand urgent attention, such as sustainable environmental practices and more effective international governance, among others. The basis of our decision to build a strategic partnership between Brazil and the UAE lies in a relationship organised around shared values and ideas, oriented to the future and cemented in mutual trust and confidence.