BRASILIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will put emphasis on science, technology and innovation accords during her upcoming visit to theUnited States, Education Minister Aloizio Mercadante said Tuesday.
"The agenda inWashingtonis very focused on this discussion of science, technology and innovation, prospects for alliances and deepening" of existing ones, he told foreign correspondents.
The government notably hopes to bolster its "science without borders" programs under which Brazilians will be granted 100,000 scholarships to study in the best universities in theUnited States,Belgium,Britain,France,Germany,Italy,SpainandSouth Korea.
Rousseff was to meet inWashingtonnext Monday with herUScounterpart Barack Obama, who himself visitedBrazila little over a year ago.
The talks were also to center on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, theSummitof theAmericasinColombia-- which both leaders will attend -- late next week and the June meeting of the G20 bloc of leading rich and emerging nations.
During herUSvisit, Rousseff was also to give a lecture atHarvardUniversityand visit the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"We have a major interest in deepening ties in terms of (US) investment inBrazil," Mercadante said.
Obama and Rousseff agreed during theUSpresident's visit toBrasiliaa year ago to establish a regular dialogue at a ministerial level on economic, educational and diplomatic issues.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to travel toRio de JaneiroApril 16 and follow up on the Obama-Rousseff meeting at the White House.
TheUnited Statesis courtingBrazilin hopes of making it its main economic interlocutor inLatin America. It is particularly interested in oil projects, biofuels and opportunities related toBrazil's hosting the World Cup and Olympic Games.
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