India-Brazil relations

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s five-day visit to India (February 18-22, 2026) is set to scale up India-Brazil relations to new heights. Signalling his strategic intent to raise the bar for bilateral ties, Lula is accompanied by the country’s largest-ever delegation to an Asian nation, including more than a dozen cabinet ministers and more than 300 business leaders representing over 100 companies. In an exclusive interview with Manish Chand, CEO, Centre for Global India Insights and India Writes Network, Brazil’s Ambassador to India Kenneth H. da Nobrega provides a big-picture perspective on India’s growing importance in Brazil’s foreign policy calculus. In this interview, he outlines key areas such as trade and investment, technology, defence and critical minerals which will see important outcomes during Lula’s visit. (Excerpts from the interview)