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On Thursday of this week, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil will host a meeting in Brasilia with key members of the government of Uruguay.

The delegation from the neighbouring country will be led by President Jose Mujica and will also include Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Luis Almagro and in addition the ministers of Industry and Economy.

One of the main reasons for the conference is to discuss economic relations between the two countries. Specifically, observers predict that the visitors from Montevodeo will want to air their grievances about what they see as Brazil’s over-dominance within the Mercosur trading group and seek to rectify them. For their part, the Brazilians will emphasise the respect and importance they give to international investment and harmony between the two countries.

Uruguay and Brazil will also be discussing the progress made so far with the energy co-operation agreement made between them in May of last year in Montevideo.

President Mujica and his team will only be in Brasilia for less than one day. However, he and his team will hope to make significant progress in their discussions with Dilma and the Brazilian administration. Following the meeting will be a press conference to which leading members of the media from both countries have been invited.