Belém, Brazil, Nov. 7, 2025 (Lusa) - Portugal's prime minister said on Friday that he had discussed greater "economic and commercial exchange" with aircraft manufacturer Embraer with the Brazilian president, at a time when Portugal is stepping up investment in defence and security.
"The relationship between our defence industries and Embraer is high and I believe that it could be one of the angles for developing precisely this project of greater economic and commercial exchange," Luís Montenegro told reporters after a bilateral meeting with the Brazilian head of state on the sidelines of the Climate Summit taking place in the Amazonian city of Belém.
"Because there is capacity in the Portuguese industry for several of the aeroplane components manufactured in Brazil, there is also a lot of technology, a lot of science that has been shared and so we have somehow assumed the importance that the components and maintenance industry in Portugal can have in the context of the investment we are making," stressed the head of the Portuguese government.
Embraer recently delivered a KC-390 Millennium to the Portuguese Air Force and is gaining ground in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), with countries such as Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic announcing orders for this aircraft.
Embraer is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft with up to 150 seats. It has more than 100 customers worldwide and maintains industrial units, offices, service centres and parts distribution centres, among other activities, on the American continent, in Africa, Asia and Europe.
In Portugal, Embraer is the majority shareholder in OGMA - Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, in Alverca, with 65% of the capital.
Portugal's prime minister, Luís Montenegro, ends his two-day visit to Belém today to attend the Climate Summit, a meeting of world leaders that precedes COP30.
The Climate Summit brings together delegations from 143 countries, just over a third of which will be led by their respective national leaders, with the confirmed absence of the three leaders of the world's most polluting countries (China, the United States and India).
Among the leaders who have publicly confirmed their presence are French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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