Union of the Comoros

Diplomatic relations between Brazil and the Comoros were established in March 2005, on the occasion of the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting for the South American-Arab Countries Summit (ASPA). The Brazilian Embassy in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) is cumulatively responsible for Brazil's diplomatic representation  in the Comoros and the Embassy of the Comoros in Washington represents the Union of the Comoros to Brazil.

Brazil participated in the International Donors Conference of the Comoros, held in 2005. At the presentation of  the Brazilian Ambassador’s  letter of credence to the Government of the Comoros in 2011, a Basic Technical Cooperation Agreement was signed.

On the sidelines of the 2nd South American-Africa Summit, held in Venezuela in 2009, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with President Ahmed Sambi.

In August 2016 the Vice President of the Union of the Comoros, Djaffar Ahmed Said, made a bilateral visit to Brazil, in the context of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil provides technical cooperation to the Comoros in the area of family farming.

Chronology of bilateral relations

2018 – Launching of the cooperation project to improve agricultural capacity in the Comoros, developed by the IBSA Fund, which includes Brazil, India and South Africa

2017 – Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in training diplomats

2016 – Moustadroine Abdou, Vice President of the Comoros, makes official visit to Brasília (August)

2013 – First Brazilian trade mission to the Comoros, with the participation of Petrobras, Brasil Foods, Green Best Solutions and Brazafric

2011 – Signing of a Basic Cooperation Agreement

2010 – The Brazilian Embassy in Dar es  Salaam (Tanzania) becomes cumulatively responsible for Brazil's relations with the Comoros, replacing the Brazilian Embassy in Pretoria (South Africa) in this function

2009 – Meeting between Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Ahmed Sambi, on the margins of the 2nd ASA Summit, in Isla Margarita (Venezuela)

2005 – Establishment of diplomatic relations, on the occasion of the Ministerial Preparatory Meeting for the ASPA Summit, in Marrakech (Morocco)