Military Cooperation

Overview
              In general, the operational context of Royal Thai Armed Forces and Brazilian Armed Forces are not much different and their strengths are almost equal (approximate 3 hundred thousand troops).  In safeguarding the nation, the Brazilian Armed Forces have actively prepared for the military operations and counter transnational crimes within extremely large area or responsibility, 16,866 kms of borderline and over 22 million sq.kms. aerial AOR.
               In internal security, some of their operations are similar. Brazilian military forces play the reinforcement roles on the rule of law in many critical areas. They were also responsible for the security of international events such as FIFA World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016.  Furthermore Brazil military troops have supported the suppression of Amazon deforestation, coastal revival, disaster relief, noncombatant evacuation, pandemic mitigation, and others.
               The strategic capability development plan of Brazilian Armed Forces is crucial and related to the self-reliant Defence Industry advancement. One of the leading industries is the aviaion which Thailand and Brazil can explore the possibility of mutual training and capability development, especially the production of Gripen aircrafts.

High Level Visits
With the good relationship between both armed forces, there were 2 previous visits of Thai delegations.
  • General Boonsrang Niampradit, Supreme Commander, officially visited Brazil by the invitation of Minister of Defence of Brazil in 2007
  • General Songkitti Jaggabatara, Supreme Commander, official visited Brazil by the invitation of Minister of Defence of Brazil in 2009

Defence Attache
              Thailand has established the Office of Defence Attache at the Royal Thai Embassy, Brasilia since 2008. In the meantime, Brazil has a plan to set up the Office of Defence Attache in Bangkok when the budget permits. Presently, the Brazilian Defence Attache in Jarkata is diplomatically accredited by Thailand.

Cooperation and Activities
  • Annual meeting of International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers (IAPTC) in Brasilia, 2015
  • Gripen Users Group (GUG) annual meeting
  • Technical visit about military aircrafts
  • Speaker on disaster relief operation in SENABOM 2018, by Rear Admiral Aphakorn Yookongkaew, Navy Seal Commander, Royal Thai Navy
  • Observer in Cobra Gold 2016 in Thailand
  • Education corporation between Brazilian Army and Royal Thai Armed Forces
  • Drafting the Memorandum of Understanding between MOD of Thailand and Brazil on Defence Cooperation
  • Both sides have shown interested to exchange the military instructors on peacekeeping training