India, Brazil sign four agreements

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil inspecting a Guard of Honour at the ceremonial reception on her arrival at the Palacio to Plantto at Brasilia, Brazil on April 16, 2008.

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil meeting with the President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, at Palacio to Plantto at Brazilia on April 16, 2008.

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva witnessing the march past as a part of welcoming on her arrival at the Palacio to Planatto at Brazilia on April 16, 2008.

The Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Shri Vilas Muttemwar and the Brazil Foreign Minister, Mr. Celso Amorim ready signing an agreement on Extradition Treaty and MOU for cooperation in Agriculture, Allied Sectors & in the area of Civil Defence and Humanitarian Assistance between the India and Brazil in the presence of the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva at Brazilia, Brazil on April 16, 2008.

The Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Shri Vilas Muttemwar and his counterpart in Brazil signing an MOU in the field of Oil and Natural Gas in the presence of the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva at Brazilia, Brazil on April 16, 2008.
Thursday, April 17, 2008 : 1145 Hrs
Brasillia (PTI): India and Brazil have inked four agreements, including an extradition treaty and an MoU for cooperation in the oil and natural gas sector, cementing the relations between the two emerging economic powers.
The agreements were signed in presence of President Pratibha Patil and her Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the last day of her three-day state visit to Brazil on wednesday.
The two countries agreed to extradite any person against whom an arrest warant is issued by a competent court for a crime, which is punishable in both the countries with an imprisonment for at least one year or a more severe punishment.
"In case of a financial or revenue-related crime, the extradition may take place even if the two countries do not have the same penalty for the crime," said the agreement which was signed by Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Vilasrao Muttemwar and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin.
The other agreement was aimed at stregnthening bilateral cooperation and establishing an institutional cooperative relationship between the two countries on oil and natural gas development.
Besides these two, the two countries also signed memoranda of understanding in agriculture and allied sectors and in civil defence and humantarian assistance.