According to the Italian ambassador, this type of mechanism exists between Italy and a limited number of countries
Representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Brazil and Italy held the 14st political-military dialogue meeting between the two countries last Monday (1), in Brasília.
According to the Italian ambassador to Brazil, Antonio Bernardini, the consultation marks a “new step forward in relations between the two countries”. “This mechanism exists between Italy and a limited number of countries and allows a careful examination of the political situation on the most important international boards,” said the diplomat.
According to Bernardini, the meeting was an “important exchange of information between representatives of the ministries about the choices of the respective armed forces, called to operate in increasingly complex international scenarios”.
Brasilia and Rome have given several signs of rapprochement in recent months, and in January the South American country received, for the first time in history, a visit from a Minister of Defense from the European nation, Elisabetta Trenta, who was scheduled to return to Brazil in April. The position is currently held by Lorenzo Guerini.
Italy has several companies in the sector operating in the Brazilian market, such as the aerospace and defense conglomerate Leonardo.
Chronology of bilateral relations
1861 – Recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by the Brazilian Empire
1870 – Beginning of Italian immigration to Brazil
1891 – Recognition of the Brazilian Republic by Italy
1944 – Full reestablishment of Brazil-Italy diplomatic relations and embarkation of the first contingent of FEB troops to Italy
1965 – First visit to Brazil by an Italian President, Giuseppe Saragat
1975 – Visit to Italy by Chancellor Azeredo da Silveira
1997 – State visit to Italy by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2000 – State visit to Brazil by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
2005 – Visit to Italy by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2007 – Visit to Brazil by the President of the Council of Ministers Romano Prodi and signing of a Brazil-Italy strategic partnership
2009 – Visits to Italy by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for the G-8 and the FAO World Summit on Food Security, and meetings with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
2010 – Meeting between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Washington, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit; signing of the Strategic Partnership Action Plan; visit to Brazil by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
2011 – Visit to Rome by Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, for the celebrations of the Sesquicentennial of Italian Unification.
2012 – Visit to Rome by the Vice-President of the Republic, Michel Temer
2013 – Meeting, in Italy, between President Dilma Rousseff and President Giorgio Napolitano
2013 – Meeting, in New York, between Chancellors Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado and Emma Bonino
2015 – Visit to Italy by President Dilma Rousseff
2015 - Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
2017 – Visit of Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to Italy
2018 – Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
2019 – Working visit by the Minister of State to Italy
With information from Ansa Agency
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