Relationship dossier
Brazil
Lebanon
Relationship assessment
Brazil and Lebanon maintain cooperative ties, including Brazilian support for UNIFIL and humanitarian aid, and Lebanon’s trade agreement with Mercosur.
Brazil toward Lebanon
+35Brazil contributed to the UNIFIL maritime task force in support of peacekeeping in Lebanon and led the task force for several years. Brazil also sent humanitarian assistance to Lebanon after the 2020 Beirut port explosion.
Lebanon toward Brazil
+20Lebanon signed a free-trade agreement with Mercosur, which includes Brazil, creating a framework for closer trade ties. The extent of its implementation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has concrete cooperative features in peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and trade arrangements. Brazil’s role in UNIFIL and its post-explosion aid, alongside Lebanon’s Mercosur agreement, indicate practical engagement, although the scope and durability of wider bilateral cooperation are uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil and Lebanon have sustained diplomatic and practical engagement. Brazil contributed to UNIFIL’s maritime task force, including leading it for several years, and sent humanitarian assistance after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Lebanon signed a free-trade agreement with Mercosur, which includes Brazil. These are concrete areas of cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Lebanon signed a free-trade agreement with Mercosur, which includes Brazil.
Brazil sent humanitarian assistance to Lebanon following the Beirut port explosion.
Brazil led the UNIFIL maritime task force for several years.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and scope of the Lebanon–Mercosur trade agreement are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral government cooperation beyond peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance is uncertain.