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Brazilian ambassador shares details of meeting with Lukashenko

Bernard Jorg Leopold de Garcia Klingl

MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) – Belarus and Brazil are expanding cooperation despite complications caused by sanctions. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to Belarus Bernard Jorg Leopold de Garcia Klingl mentioned it after meeting with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 10 August, BelTA has learned.

The ambassador said: “Important aspects of our bilateral interaction were discussed during the meeting. Certainly, today we live in rather complicated times when big sanctions have been enforced. Nevertheless, a lot has been done and said for overcoming them and for stepping up cooperation between our countries.”

The ambassador mentioned that among other things he and Aleksandr Lukashenko had talked about interaction in agriculture and possibilities for selling Belarusian tractors to Brazil.

“Apart from that, the matter of resuming deliveries of Belarusian potash fertilizers to our country was discussed. As you know, Brazil is rather a large producer of food for the world,” Bernard Jorg Leopold de Garcia Klingl said. “Back in the day Belarus supplied up to 20% of all the potash fertilizers our country consumed.”

The diplomat believes that in turn Brazil could sell cocoa products for making chocolate to Belarus, for instance, to the Belarusian confectionery company Kommunarka.

According to the ambassador, the meeting also touched upon the purchase of Brazilian passenger aircraft Embraer for the Belarusian air carrier Belavia.

The diplomat pointed out that Belarus-Brazil cooperation in education is also important. A Brazilian delegation led by representatives of scientific circles is expected to visit Belarus in order to sign documents on interaction with three Belarusian higher education institutions.

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