Burkina Faso

Published in Jan 15, 2015 06:47 PM Updated in Nov 26, 2025 11:59 AM

Brazil recognized the independence of the former Upper Volta (name adopted by Burkina Faso until August 1984) in 1960, establishing diplomatic relations with the country in 1975. Bilateral relationship was intensified in the 2000s, especially after the opening of the Embassy of Brazil in Ouagadougou (2007) and the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Brasília (2009). The First Meeting of the Bilateral Joint Committee was held in Brasília, in June 2010.

Brazil has provided technical cooperation to the African country through projects to improve the agricultural sector and promote food security, such as the fight against the blight of mango

Chronology of Bilateral Relations

2013 – The follow-up meeting of the 1st Session of the Joint Committee is held in Brasília (June)

2012 – Minister of Agriculture Laurent Sedog visits Brazil

2010 – Minister of Transportation Gilbert Ouedrago visits Brazil; 1st Meeting of the Bilateral Joint Committee, in Brasília (June)

2009 – Foreign Minister Alain Yoda visits Brazil; signing of the Agreement on Cultural Cooperation; opening of the resident Embassy of Burkina Faso in Brasília (November)

2008 – Burkinabe Foreign Minister Djibril Bassolé visits Brazil (January); beginning of the activities of the Embassy of Brazil in Ouagadougou (September); Minister of Commerce Mr. Mamadou Sanou visits Brazil (October)

2007 – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Ouagadougou (October); Presidential Decree creates the Brazilian resident Embassy in Ouagadougou

2005 – Foreign Minister Youssouf Ouédraogo visits Brazil (August); signing of the Basic Agreement on Technical Cooperation

2003 – President Blaise Compaoré visits Brazil (September)

2000 – The Embassy of Brazil in Accra (Ghana) becomes cumulatively responsible for the relations with Burkina Faso

1999 – Minister of Agriculture Alassene Sere visits Brazil

1975 – Brazil and Upper Volta establish diplomatic relations (8 de octubre)

1965 – President Maurice Yaméogo visits Brazil

1960 – Brazil recognizes the independence of Upper Volta (August 13)

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