⁠⁠India, Brazil sign six key pacts

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Agreements were signed during the Indian Prime Minister's state visit to Brazil.

Indian PM was also conferred with Brazil’s highest civilian award, the Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross.

Key Agreements

Agreement on Cooperation in Combating International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime.
Memorandum on the exchange of large-scale digital solutions to support digital transformation.
MoU between Brazil’s EMBRAPA and India’s Council of Agricultural Research for collaboration in renewable energy and agricultural research.
Exchange and mutual protection of classified information.
MoU on intellectual property and also announced the establishment of a ministerial-level mechanism to monitor trade, commerce, and investment.

Priority Pillars for the Next Decade: Defence and Security, food and nutritional security, energy transition and climate change, etc

Global Cooperation: Strategic Partnership from 2006.
Work closely at plurilateral fora such as BRICS, BASIC, G-20, G-4, IBSA, and larger multilateral bodies such as the UN, WTO, UNESCO, and WIPO
Trade: In 2024-25, bilateral trade reached USD 12.20 billion with India in trade surplus.
Defence Cooperation: A defence cooperation agreement was ratified in 2006, which created a Joint Defence Committee (JDC) as an institutional mechanism.
Renewable Energy: Brazil became the co-founder member of Global Biofuel Alliance.
- Brazil ratified the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Agreement in 2022.