Brazil–Libya relations

Brazil–Libya relations are the bilateral relations between Brazil and Libya. The two countries are members of the Group of 77 and the United Nations.

History
Brazil installed 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. The rapprochement began in the 2000s, with the end of the sanctions determined by the UN. In 1992 Sanctions on Libya imposed by the UN Security Council come into force in Brazil. Brazil withdraws its ambassador in Tripoli, keeping only in charge of business, but in 2000 Brazil again appoints ambassador to Tripoli. In 2001 the General Mustafa al-Kharubi Visit to Brazil, special envoy of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in the same year, Senator Ney Suassuna visits Libya and delivers a letter from President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to Colonel Gaddafi. In 2002 then-Minister of Economy of Libya, Shukri Ghanem Visit to Brazil, to discuss strengthening economic and trade relations between the two countries. In 2003 the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Visit to Libya and met with the leader Muammar Gaddafi and Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem, In order to develop bilateral relations in various fields between the two countries, Lula visits Libya for second time in 2009, on the occasion of the XIII Summit of the African Union.

After Libyan Civil War
Brazil closed its Embassy in Tripoli due the First Libyan civil war, and reopened in 2012, in 2014 due to the Second Libyan civil war, Brazil closed its Embassy in Tripoli and temporarily relocated to Tunis. Brazil votes in favor of the accreditation of the National Transitional Council as a representative of Libya for the 66th Ordinary Session of the UN General Assembly, recognizing that entity as a legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

Trade
The commercial exchange between Brazil and Libya was US$ 448.1 million in 2019, with a surplus of US$ 114.7 million for Brazil.

Resident diplomatic missions

 * Libya has an embassy in Brasília.
 * Brazil is accredited to Libya from its embassy in Tunis.