Israel and Brazil today signed a pact under which Israel will aid Brazil in the development of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, especially to aid Brazil’s underdeveloped areas.
The agreement was signed on Israel’s behalf by Dr. Israel Dostrowsky, director-general of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, who has spent the last week in Brazil as a guest of the Government. During the period, he visited all of the nuclear installations in this country.
Under the pact, he said at a press conference today, Israel will send to Brazil a group of scientists and other experts to help develop here the use of radioisotopes by industry, development of hydrology, and researches for the location, analysis and use of hidden minerals. At the same time, Brazil will send to Israel a number of technicians to study the uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Announcement of the pact came on the heels of a New Year statement made by Marshal Arthur Costs a Silva, President of Brazil, during the period of Dr. Dostrowsky’s visit. The President told the nation, among other things, that, among the Government’s most significant achievements in 1967 was its finalization of its friendly ties with Israel. The President called attention particularly to Brazil’s treaty with Israel, concretized during the last nine months, for Israeli technical assistance for economic projects in the country’s underdeveloped Northeast region.
“The Brazilian press hailed today the pact with Israel as one of great significance. Jornal do Brasil, one of the most influential daily newspapers here, noted that Brazil now has atomic energy pacts with seven countries, including Israel, the United States and France, and added: “Of all the agreements we have with foreign governments for the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, our pact with Israel is the best because it cements our ties for the coordination of our activities for practical purposes. Those activities will be of great use in our development of economic and social aims.”
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