India & Brazil Signs 15 Pacts to Boost Strategic Ties
- President of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonaro arrived in New Delhi on 24 January 2020 on four-day state visit to India.
- He is also the chief guest at the 2020 Republic Day of India celebrations.
- Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Prime Minister Narendra Modi inked 15 agreements on 25 January to boost cooperation in a wide range of areas between the two countries.
List of MoUs Signed Include
- MoU on Bioenergy Cooperation
- MoU for Cooperation in the field of Oil and Natural Gas
- Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty
- Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.
- MoU in the field of Early Childhood
- MoU on Cooperation in the field of Health and Medicine
- MoU on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
- Cultural Exchange Programme for the period 2020-2024
- Agreement on Social Security
- MoU on cooperation in the area of Cyber Security.
- Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation for implementing the agreement on scientific and technological cooperation (2020-2023)
- MoU on Cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources
- MoU between Invest India and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex Brazil)
- Joint Declaration of Intent for Cooperation in the fields of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- MoU between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Centro Nacional de PesquisaemEnergia e Materiais (CNPEM) on Cooperation for establishing a nodal institution in India to carry out research on Bioenergy