Republic of Zimbabwe

Brazil established diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe in April 1980, on the country’s Independence Day. The resident Embassy in Harare was established in 1987.

Zimbabwe in turn opened its resident Embassy in Brasília in 2004 – its first and only diplomatic representation in South America.

A bilateral Trade Agreement and a Technical Cooperation Agreement were signed in 1988 and 2006 respectively. Bilateral cooperation takes place mainly in agricultural sectors, in particular cotton and livestock.

Bilateral trade flow totaled $6.6 million in 2022, with a Brazilian surplus of $6.2 million.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2023 – Foreign Minister Frederick Shava travels to Brazil to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; he holds a meeting with the Director General of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency

2013 – Vice President Joice Mujuru visits Brazil

2012 – President Robert Mugabe visits Brazil on the occasion of the Rio+20 conference. 2012–The 2nd Meeting of the Joint Brazil-Zimbabwe Commission

2012 – Opening of the Zimbabwe Trade and Tourism Office in São Paulo

2011 – Vice President Joice Mujuru attends the inauguration ceremony of President Dilma Rousseff

2009 – First Meeting of the Joint Brazil-Zimbabwe Commission

2006 – Signing of Technical Cooperation Agreement

2004 – The Embassy of Zimbabwe in Brasília is opened

1999 – President Robert Mugabe visits Brazil

1996 – Vice President Marco Maciel visits Harare (6th G-15 Summit)

1992 – President Robert Mugabe visits Brazil (Rio-92 conference)

1991 –  President Fernando Collor visits Zimbabwe

1988 – Signing of the Brazil-Zimbabwe Trade Agreement

1987 – Opening of the Brazilian Embassy in Harare (created by Decree nº 93.064, of August 4, 1986)

1980 – Establishment of diplomatic relations