1st EU–Brazil summit
The first summit meeting between the European Union (EU) and Brazil took place in Lisbon on 4 July 2007. At the summit, Brazil was granted special partnership status with the EU. Leaders at the summit Portugal and European Union Prime Minister of Portugal and President-in-office of the Council of the European Union José Sócrates Brazil President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva European Union President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso Participants at the dinner Portugal Prime Minister José Sócrates Portugal President Aníbal Cavaco Silva Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva European Union President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso France President Nicolas Sarkozy Spain Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Italy Prime Minister Romano Prodi Slovenia Prime Minister Janez Janša Location This summit took place in Lisbon, at the Pavilhão Atlântico. The dinner was offered by the Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva, at Belém Cultural Center. Discussions The summit aimed to establish closer relations between the European Union and Brazil. Portugal formally invited its former colony, Brazil, to be a strategic partner of the EU, along with India, Russia and China, meaning that all the BRIC countries now had special partnership status. Issues concerned with a proposed trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur group of South American countries including Brazil were also discussed. Associated with the summit, the oil and energy corporations Galp Energia of Portugal and Petrobras of Brazil signed an agreement on production of vegetable oils in Brazil. See also Brazil and the European Union References External links The official website of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union 2007 in Portugal 2007 in Brazil Diplomatic conferences in Portugal 21st-century diplomatic conferences 2007 in international relations 2000s in Lisbon Events in Lisbon Galp Energia es:Relaciones entre Brasil y la Unión Europea pt:Relações entre Brasil e União Europeia