Meeting between the Minister and Mr Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil (26 March 2026)

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Noël Barrot, held a meeting today with his Brazilian counterpart, Mr Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on the sidelines of the first formal G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

The two ministers discussed our two countries’ key engagements in 2026, in particular the French Presidency of the G7 in which Brazil is fully involved as a partner country.

The two ministers also spoke about the situation in the Middle East.

The meeting then addressed the situations in Venezuela and Cuba on which the ministers agreed to remain closely coordinated.

Lastly, the ministers discussed the implementation of the bilateral strategic partnership, renewed by the action plan signed by the President of the French Republic and President Lula during the state visit in March 2024. They agreed to take forward their work on cooperation between our two countries during a forthcoming visit by the Minister to Brazil.