Brazil and Albania established diplomatic relations on April 4, 1961, and soon signed a Trade and Payments Agreement.

In 1985, the Brazilian government granted approval for the first non-resident ambassador of Albania to Brazil, based in Buenos Aires. That same year, the Brazilian ambassador in Rome was also accredited in Albania.

In September 2008, in Beijing as part of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, met with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. A year later, Albania and Brazil opened their diplomatic embassies in Brazil and Tirana, with the objective of strengthening the ties of friendship between the two countries, promoting mutual exports and investments, spreading Brazilian culture and increasing artistic and cultural exchanges.

After the 90s, with the change of the political system in Albania, contacts increased at all levels and in areas of mutual interest.

Albania and Brazil enjoy very good relations. Citizens of both countries can visit Albania and Brazil without the need for a visa.

Starting from the 2000s, high-level visits and meetings have been held and a number of important agreements are in progress, including political dialogue and economic cooperation.

Bilateral trade and investment

Brazil is the first trade partner among Latin American countries, with 98% of total Albanian exports to these countries and more than 65% of imports. Bilateral trade has continued to grow, however remaining at modest levels. For the first six months of 2017, imports from Brazil have registered an increase of 22.5% and Albanian exports an increase of more than 142% (dominated by the volume of textiles and leather). Products of animal origin and meat dominate imports from Brazil.

Both countries are interested in promoting cooperation in trade, agriculture, tourism, energy, etc. and a number of initiatives are in process, aimed at completing the legal and institutional framework and establishing direct contacts at different levels and between the actors involved.

Chronology of bilateral relations

1961 – Establishment of diplomatic relations

1963 – Entry into force of the Trade and Payments Agreement

1985 – Agreement for the first Ambassador of Albania in Brazil, resident in

Buenos Aires

1985 – The Embassy of Brazil in Rome covers Albania (non-resident)

2000 – Official visit to Brazil of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Mr. Pascal Milo

2008 – Meeting of former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and former President Luiz Inacio Lula

da Silva in Beijing.

2008 – Meeting of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Lulzim Basha and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Celso Amorim in New York, within the 63rd Session UN General Assembly

2010 – The first resident ambassador of Albania in Brasilia, Mrs. Tatiana

Gjonaj, presents Credentials.

2010 – The first resident ambassador of Brazil in Tirana, Mr. Rudá Gonzales Seferin,

presents Credentials

2011 – Official visit to Brazil by the former Deputy CM and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmond Haxhinasto

(October 26-29)

2012 – Visit to Tirana of the Minister of Agriculture, Mendes Ribeiro Filho

2015 – Visit to Brazil of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Ditmir

Bushati (November 4-6)

2018 – The new ambassador of the republic of  Albania to the Federative Republic of Brazil Mr. Rezar Bregu presents Credentials