Brazil continues promoting Middle East peace and dialogue and at the invitation of the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, visited Brazil March 13 and 14, 2008, and both governments reaffirmed:

1. Are committed to the process initiated at the Annapolis Meeting to promote Middle East peace.
    
2. They exchanged ideas on ways of providing support for Israeli and Palestinian efforts to realize the shared vision of two states, living side-by-side in peace and security.
    
3. Their determination to maintain a strategic dialogue on global issues through biannual consultative meetings.
    
4. Their intent to maintain a dialogue to address issues related to peace, security, and economic well-being in Africa and the Middle East.
    
5. The importance of reform of the United Nations to make the organization better able to deal with today’s complex international agenda. Their commitment to coordinate closely on the issue of Security Council reform.

The Brazilian Palestinian National Interest Committee has already started promoting among the Brazilian society, asking that concrete measure are taken to secure a nation for Palestinians. With the support of its members, the Committee continues to promote Brazil as key for Palestinian-Israeli peace, and promote Brazil's interests in the Middle East by urging its members to maintain contact with Members of Congress, to support important initiatives that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian State.