Libya
Brazil established an Embassy in Tripoli in 1974. Throughout the 1970s, the relationship focused on the economic-commercial area. With the gradual international isolation of Libya in the 1980s and 1990s, bilateral relations lost intensity. A rapprochement began in the 2000s, with the end of UN sanctions.
In 2014, in the wake of the Libyan crisis that began in 2011, the Brazilian Embassy in Tripoli, reopened in 2012, was temporarily transferred to Tunis, capital of Tunisia, a situation that has persisted to the present day. Brazil supported the signing, in 2015, of the Libyan Political Agreement and the formation of the Government of National Accord, as well as the current negotiations sponsored by the United Nations, with a view to finding a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Brazil also seeks to provide Libya with humanitarian cooperation.
The trade exchange between Brazil and Libya was $448.1 million in 2019, with a surplus of $114.7 million for Brazil.
Chronology of Bilateral Relations
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2014 |
The Brazilian Embassy in Tripoli is temporarily transferred to Tunis |
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2013 |
The Deputy Prime Minister of Libya, Abdussalam, visits Brazil |
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Libyan Oil Minister Abdulbari Al-Arousi visits Brazil |
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2012 |
Reopening of the Embassy of Brazil in Tripoli |
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Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Omar Abdelkarim visits Brazil, on the occasion of the Open Government Partnership Meeting |
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2011 |
Brazil votes in favor of the accreditation of the Transitional National Council as the representative of Libya for the 66th Ordinary Session of the UN General Assembly, recognizing that entity as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people |
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2010 |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, visits Libya |
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2009 |
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Libya on the occasion of the 13th African Union Summit |
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The Deputy Prime Minister of Libya, Imbarek Shamek , visits Brazil |
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The Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce, Miguel Jorge, visits Libya |
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2008 |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, visits Libya |
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2007 |
Marco Aurélio Garcia, Special Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, visits Tripoli and is received by Colonel Gaddafi, to whom he delivers a presidential message |
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2004 |
The Chief Minister for Economic and Social Development, Jaques Wagner, visits Libya |
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2003 |
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Libya |
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2002 |
Libyan Minister of Economy Shukri Ghanem visits Brazil |
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2001 |
Senator Ney Suassuna (PMDB/PB) visits Libya and delivers a letter from President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to Colonel Gaddafi |
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General Mustafa al-Kharubi, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's special envoy, visits Brazil |
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2000 |
Brazil reassigns an ambassador to Tripoli |
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1992 |
Sanctions on Libya imposed by the UN Security Council come into force in Brazil. Brazil withdraws its ambassador in Tripoli, keeping only a chargé d'affaires |
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1987 |
First Brazil-Libya Joint Commission |
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1974 |
Opening of the Brazilian Embassy in Tripoli (created by the decrees no. 61.034, of July 17th 1967, and no. 73.931, of April 10th 1974) |