Brazilian FM plans a visit to Morocco by mid-2022

Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Alberto Franco França, has announced that he is planning to visit by mid-2022 Morocco, a country, he said, that “now holds a key position in North Africa as a bridge to other countries and continents.”

Carlos França welcomed the quality of relations between Morocco and Brazil, which are based on the defense of shared values of their respective peoples, stressing that “bilateral relations are very harmonious and have great potential for development.” “I am optimistic for the future.”

The Brazilian official who made the statement to MAP, on the sidelines of the decoration ceremony of former Brazilian President Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello with the Grand Cordon of the Alaouite Wissam, said “the scope of cooperation should be strengthened not only in matters of trade but also in cultural fields.”

Carlos França said that Morocco and Brazil can further coordinate within the United Nations and international forums. “Brazil was recently elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (for the 2022-2023 period), and we can converge views based on our shared values,” he added.

“During our recent visit to the Gulf region (President Jair Bolsonaro’s mid-November tour of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar), we discussed the important question of air routes between these countries and Brazil, with stopovers in Casablanca,” he noted.

Regarding the Moroccan Sahara issue, Carlos França said he had the opportunity to address the issue with his Moroccan counterpart during a recent telephone exchange. “My visit to Morocco is expected in the first half of 2022, and it will allow me to discuss this question, including topics of common interest,” he pointed out.