Bangladesh has proposed four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Brazil on cooperation in agriculture, tourism, cultural exchange and cooperation between training institutes of the two countries, reports UNB.
The proposals were placed at the first-ever Bangladesh-Brazil Bilateral Consultation held at state guesthouse Meghna in the capital yesterday.
Prior to the consultation, two countries also signed an MoU on Establishment of Bilateral Consultation Mechanism.

Ary Quintella, Interim Under Secretary of Asia and Pacific and Head of the Department of Central, South Asia and Oceania under Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, led the Brazilian delegation. Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Wanja Campos Da Nóbrega and Hugo Freitas Peres, Head of Bangladesh Desk, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also participated in the consultation.
Director General (Americas) of the Foreign Ministry led the Bangladesh delegation in the bilateral consultation comprising representatives from different ministries and divisions of the government.
Both sides agreed that the signing of the MoU has created a platform that would bring further momentum into the ongoing bilateral relationship between the two countries. They stressed the importance of deeper and stronger engagement in bilateral and multilateral arena.
Bangladesh and Brazil identified areas to expand ongoing cooperation as well as tried to find new opportunities for further bilateral engagements.
A wide range of issues was discussed during the consultation encompassing political and economic cooperation, defence cooperation, trade and investment cooperation, scientific and technical cooperation and also cooperation in sports sector.
The Brazilian side expressed their desire to work together in pursuit of mutual interests while Bangladesh underscored the need for sharing each other's expertise, experience and best practices in socio-economic, cultural and development sectors.
The visiting Brazilian delegation also met Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque at his office and discussed various issues of mutual interests, said a Foreign Ministry press release.