Brazil-US High Level Dialogue

A meeting of the Brazil-United States of America High-Level Dialogue was held in Brasília today.

It is the most comprehensive mechanism for dialogue between the two countries and has three thematic axes: i) support for democratic governance; ii) promotion of economic prosperity; and iii) strengthening cooperation in defense and security, and promoting peace and the rule of law.

The Brazilian delegation was composed of the Secretary for the Americas, Ambassador Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva; the Secretary for Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Sarquis José Buainain Sarquis; the Secretary for Consular Affairs, Cooperation and Culture, Ambassador Leonardo Luís Gorgulho Nogueira Fernandes; and by directors of department from the different thematic areas included in the dialogue.

In turn, the U.S. government sent the following representatives to Brazil: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Ambassador Victoria Nuland; Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Ambassador Jose W. Fernandez; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Ricardo Zúniga; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Mark Wells; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Transition, Anna Shpitsberg.

The meeting offered a privileged space for the exchange of opinions and for the follow-up of the different priority projects for both countries. In addition to assessing the stage of implementation of initiatives already underway, the High-Level Dialogue identified new opportunities for cooperation and offered new political impetus, with a strategic vision, to the bilateral relationship as a whole.