‘Whether we like it or not: Brazil in the Middle East’
A series of cables released today reveal that U.S. diplomats were alarmed by Brazil’s forays into Mideast diplomacy, long before last year’s unsuccessful nuclear deal with Iran and the recognition of the Palestinian state.
A March 2005 cable concerns a visit that former Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim made to the Middle East in preparation for that year’s Arab-South American summit. Amorim snubbed an invitation by the Israeli government to pay a visit, instead spending 24 hours in the Palestinian territories. The U.S. Embassy in Brasilia writes: