São Paulo – The Embassy of Egypt in Brasília held a celebration on Tuesday evening (23) to mark Egypt’s 73rd National Day and 101 years of bilateral relations with Brazil. The Egyptian ambassador, Mai Taha Khalil, welcomed Brazilian government officials, diplomatic representatives, businesspeople, the press, and members of the Egyptian and Brazilian communities.
Minister Antonio Augusto Martins Cesar, director of the Africa Department at Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the event. The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) was represented by its vice president of international relations and secretary-general, Mohamad Mourad, and his wife, Georgia Mourad.
The 73rd National Day of Egypt commemorates the July 23, 1952 Revolution, which established the country’s Republic. According to information released by the Embassy of Egypt in Brasília, it was a turning point for Egypt, laying the foundations of a modern republic and highlighting the significant political, economic, and social advances achieved since then, with the country firmly positioned as a key player in North Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean region.
Egypt’s diplomatic relations with Brazil began in 1924 and one of the milestones was the upgrade of the Brazilian representation in Cairo to an embassy in 1953. As a recent development in this relationship, the Egyptian Embassy in Brazil highlights that the two countries consolidated, in November last year during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, a strategic partnership agreement establishing seven pillars of cooperation: politics, diplomacy, security, defense, trade, science, and culture.
In a statement, the embassy also highlighted other events in the Brazil-Egypt relationship, such as the record bilateral trade of USD 4.9 billion in 2024; the Egypt-Mercosur free trade agreement; Egypt’s entry into the BRICS and the New Development Bank; the visit of President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi to Brazil for the G20 Summit in Rio, where he met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; the visit of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to the BRICS Summit; and the visit of Khaled El-Anany, the Egyptian candidate for Director-General of the U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
