1st EU–Brazil summit
The first summit meeting between the European Union (EU) and Brazil took place in Lisbon on 4 July 2007. At the summit, Brazil was granted special partnership status with the EU.
Leaders at the summit[]
Participants at the dinner[]
- Portugal
- Prime Minister José Sócrates
- Portugal
- President Aníbal Cavaco Silva
- Brazil
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- European Union
- France
- President Nicolas Sarkozy
- Spain
- Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
- Italy
- Prime Minister Romano Prodi
- Slovenia
- Prime Minister Janez Janša
Location[]
This summit took place in Lisbon, at the Pavilhão Atlântico. The dinner was offered by the Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, at Belém Cultural Center.
Discussions[]
The summit aimed to establish closer relations between the European Union and Brazil. Portugal formally invited its former colony, Brazil, to be a strategic partner of the EU, along with India, Russia and China, meaning that all the BRIC countries now had special partnership status.[1]
Issues concerned with a proposed trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur group of South American countries including Brazil were also discussed.[1]
Associated with the summit, the oil and energy corporations Galp Energia of Portugal and Petrobras of Brazil signed an agreement on production of vegetable oils in Brazil.[1]
See also[]
- Brazil and the European Union
References[]
- ^ a b c European Union seeks out Brazil as a new trading partner The Boston Globe, 5 July 2007
External links[]
- Brazil–European Union relations
- 2007 in Portugal
- 2007 in Brazil
- Diplomatic conferences in Portugal
- 21st-century diplomatic conferences
- 2007 in international relations
- 2000s in Lisbon
- Events in Lisbon
- Galp Energia