Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Brazil recognized the independence of Côte d'Ivoire in 1960. The Embassy of Brazil in Abidjan was opened in 1969, and the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Brasília was established in 1971.

Overcoming the Ivoirian post-electoral crisis in 2010-2011 enabled the resumption of bilateral cooperation initiatives and the exchange of high-level bilateral visits. More recently, the end of Brazil's suspension of cocoa beans imports from Côte d'Ivoire and the renegotiation of the Ivorian debt (2018) added new impetus to bilateral relations at the economic and commercial levels.

Highlights in the field of technical cooperation include bilateral projects aimed at genetic improvement and increased production of cotton in Côte d'Ivoire  as well as a trilateral project benfiting Ivorian institutions in the area of ​​school nutrition, with the participation of the World Food Programme’s Center of Excellence against Hunger, based in Brasília.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2022 – Second visit of Minister of Animal and Fishery Resources of Côte d`Ivoire, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, to Brazil (April-May)

2021 - Minister of Animal and Fishery Resources of Côte d`Ivoire, Sidi Tiémoko Touré, visits Brazil (July)

2019 – Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo meets with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diabaté Daouda, during a technical stopover in Abidjan (December 13). On the occasion, the then Brazilian Defense Minister meets with a representative of his Ivoirian counterpart.

2018 - End of suspension of cocoa bean exports from Côte d'Ivoire to Brazil

2017 - The Vice President of Côte d'Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan, visits Brazil (December 11-16)

2017 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, visits Côte d'Ivoire (October 13)

2014 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Côte d'Ivoire, Charles Koffi Diby, visits Brazil (February 3 and 4)

2013 – Meeting between Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Alassane Ouattara on the sidelines of the 3rd South America-Africa Summit (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea). The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Côte d'Ivoire, Ambassador Claude Beke Dassys visits Brazil

2012 - The Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio, visits Brazil on the occasion of  the Rio+20 Summit

2012 - The National Secretary for Reconstruction and Reintegration of Côte d'Ivoire, Mamadou Koné, visits Brazil

2011 - The Ivorian Minister of Tourism, Charles Aké Atchimo, visits Brazil

2010 - The Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, visits Brazil on the occasion of the Brazil-Africa Dialogue on Food Security, Fight Against Hunger and Rural Development

2001 - The Minister of Commerce of Côte d'Ivoire, Eric Victor Kahe, visits Brazil to participate in the 64th General Assembly of the Council of Ministers of the Alliance of Cocoa Producing Countries (COPAL), held in Ilhéus, Bahia

1997 - The Minister of Technical Education and Skills Training of Côte d'Ivoire, Komena Rolland Zapka, visits Brazil

1987 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire, Simeon Ake, visits Brazil; Brazil-Côte d'Ivoire Joint Commission Meeting

1983 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, visits Côte d'Ivoire; Brazil-Côte d'Ivoire Joint Commission meeting

1979 - The Minister of Agriculture of Côte d'Ivoire visits Brazil; Brazil-Côte d'Ivoire Joint Commission meeting

1975 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Azeredo da Silveira, visits Côte d'Ivoire

1973 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire, Arsene Assoua Usher, visits Brazil

1972 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mario Gibson Barboza, visits Côte d'Ivoire. Signing of the Basic Agreement on Technical and Scientific Cooperation

1971 - Opening of the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Brasília

1969 - Opening of the Embassy of Brazil in Abidjan

1960 - Brazil recognizes the independence of Côte d'Ivoire