Republic of Mali

Brazil and Mali established diplomatic relations in 1962. President Moussa Traoré’s visit to Brazil in 1981 was a milestone in the rapprochement between the two countries. On that occasion, the two countries decided to create a Joint Commission and signed an Agreement on Cultural, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation.

The countries’ relations gained new momentum in the first decade of this century, with the opening of the Brazilian Embassy in Bamako (2008) and the Malian Embassy in Brasília (2011). There are bilateral and trilateral technical cooperation projects underway, with emphasis on the cotton sector, which is predominant in the Malian economy, as well as in the areas of livestock farming, fish farming, school nutrition, among others.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2023 – Prime Minister Choguel Maiga visits Brazil accompanied by Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop and Minister of Rural Development Modibo Keita, on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic (January)

2013 - Brazil sends a representative to the inauguration ceremony of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

2011 - Opening of the Embassy of Mali in Brasília

2010 - President Amadou Touré visits Brazil (April)

2009 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Moctar Ouane visits Brazil (August); Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Amorim visits Mali (October)

2008 - Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade Amadou Diallo meet on the sidelines of the 12th UNCTAD (April); Mali's Minister of Public Works and Transport Hamed Diané Sémega visits Brazil (June)

2007 - Establishment of the resident Embassy of Brazil in Bamako. The Embassy start operating, effectively, in the second half of 2008

1999 - Minister of Communications Ascofare Oulematou Tamboura visits Brazil (June)

1996 - Prime Minister Ibrahim Keita visits Brazil

1981 - President Moussa Traoré and Foreign Minister Alioune Blondin Bèye visit Brazil (October); signing of an Agreement on Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation and an Agreement on the creation of a Bilateral Joint Commission

1962 - Brazil and Mali establish diplomatic relations

1960 - Brazil recognizes the independence of Mali