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Qatar and Brazil flags together. Getty Images Image used for illustrative purpose.
TRADE
Qatar-Brazil relations: Broad prospects for

partnership and cooperation

The volume of intra-trade between the State of Qatar and Brazil has increased from $576mln
in 2020 to $1.04bln in 2021

Staff Writer, The Peninsula

December 2, 2023

Qatar - The State of Qatar aspires to strengthen its relations with the world’s most influential countries,
including the Federal Republic of Brazil, and the visit of Brazil’s President H E Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
who arrived in Doha yesterday, is expected to open a new chapter in the relations spanning nearly 50

years, in light of political and economic challenges and hopes for developing and strengthening bilateral
relations.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries was announced in 1974, and the Embassy of the
State of Qatar was opened in Brasilia in 1997. In 2005, Brazil exchanged diplomatic representation with
Qatar as its then Foreign Minister officially opened his country’s embassy in Doha.

Within the framework of strengthening bilateral relations, Brasilia hosted the fifth round of political
consultations between the two countries on October 24, 2023. Secretary-General of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi, chaired the Qatari side, while Acting Minister of

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