PRIME Minister Bruce Golding may be returning to Brazil within months, to strengthen economic bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

The invitation was extended by Brazils President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, following Mondays first Brazil-Caricom Summit in Brasilia.

Jamaica House says that important among the issues to be pursued will be energy, in which collaboration on biofuels, oil and natural gas would be explored.

These are among several areas which were identified for enhanced bilateral cooperation during an intensive meeting between Golding and  Lula, who stressed the need for both countries to act rapidly and effectively to achieve their agreed objectives.

They agreed that a joint commission is to be established, which will have its first meeting in Kingston before the end of June. In addition, experts from Brazil's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) will visit Jamaica next month. Technical consultations between Jamaica's energy sector and Brazil's Petrobas will be stepped up over the next several weeks.

Agriculture and health will also continue to benefit from deepening bilateral talks. Two agreements were signed for building human resource capacity for food chain development and for production and processing of tropical fruits in Jamaica. Brazil and Jamaica will also Golding reaffirmed that he and Caricom partners will rely on Lula to raise Caricoms concerns at the upcoming meeting of G20 in Canada. He outlined the special vulnerability of the region, and stressed that the case needs to be made at the G20 for special treatment of highly indebted middle income countries.