Brazilian President Bolsonaro to arrive in India on 4-day visit today

Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro will pay a four-day visit to India starting from Friday with an aim to strengn bilateral relations in fields of agriculture, energy, and defence, as well as to witness Republic Day parade as a Chief Guest. Bolsonaro will be accompanied by a Brazilian delegation comprising of several ministers, senior officials, Chairman of Brazil-India Friendship Group in Brazilian Parliament, and businessmen. 

Brazilian Ambassador to New Delhi Andre Aranha Correa do Lago had on Tuesday said that two countries would ink over 15 agreements and launch a plan of action for strategic partnership during Bolsonaro's visit.

"We are going to exchange more than 15 agreements with government and institutions. We are also going to launch a plan of action for our strategic partnership. We want to make our strategic partnership more dynamic. plan of action will be launched by two leaders (Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bolsonaro)," Ambassador had said.

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'Strengning bilateral relationships'

Andre said that focus of visit would be on strengning bilateral relationships in fields of energy, agriculture, and defence.

"We have more than 80 Brazilian businessmen coming, and we are going to have a very important series of meetings, concentrating mostly on some areas that we believe and have identified as having a great potential for bilateral relations, which includes energy, agriculture, and defence industry," Ambassador said.

Four-day visit

second day of his visit is packed with several engments, including his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which would subsequently be followed by exchange of agreements between India and Brazil in different fields.

On Sunday, Bolsonaro will witness Republic Day parade as Chief Guest, as well as attend "At Home" Reception by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Or engments include his meetings with Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar; a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, and a visit to Raj Ghat in New Delhi to lay a wreath at Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi; and a visit to Taj Mahal on Monday.

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Bolsonaro's delegation of ministers

Bolsonaro will be accompanied by a delegation of ministers, including Foreign Affairs Minister Ernesto Fraga Araujo, Minister Chief of Staff Jose Vicente Santini; Agriculture and Lifestock Minister Tereza Cristina Correa da Costa Dias; Mines and Energy Minister Admiral Bento Costa Lima Leite de Alburquerque Junior; Science, Techlogy, Communications and Invation Minister Macros Cesar Pontes. 

Or ministers who are part of delegation include Minister Chief of Secretariat of Government General Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira; Minister Chief of Institutional Security Office General Augusto Hele Ribeiro Pereira; Vice Minister for Foreign Trade and International Affairs Macros Prado Troyja; Vice Minister for Investment Partnership Program Martha Seillier; and Vice Minister of Defence products (Ministry of Defense) Marcos Rosas Degaut. President of Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion ncy (Apex-Brazil) Rear Admiral Sergio Ricardo Segovia Barbosa will also be part of delegation.

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Bolsonaro's first visit to India

This is first state visit by Bolsonaro to India. India-Brazil relations are based on a common global vision, shared democratic values, and a commitment to foster ecomic growth of both countries.

"Bilateral relations were elevated to a Strategic Partnership in 2006, heralding a new phase in India-Brazil relations. relations are strong t only at bilateral level but also at plurilateral fora such as BRICS, IBSA, G-20 and in multilateral bodies particularly UN," Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

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(with ANI inputs)