São Paulo – The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) presented its 2025 activities on Thursday (7) at the Embassy of Morocco in Brasília. On the occasion, diplomats from 16 Arab countries and the head of the Arab League mission in Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben, discussed initiatives and events to promote dialogue and engage the Arab community in the country.
According to the ABCC’s vice president of international relations and secretary-general, Mohamad Orra Mourad, after the institution’s president, William Adib Dib Jr., presented the 2025 activity report, diplomats put forward proposals to the organization.
One proposal, from Morocco’s ambassador and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, Nabil Adghoghi, was to hold a seminar in Brasília on Brazil’s presidential elections. The suggestion was to invite a political scientist to analyze the electoral process under different scenarios. “It’s very important. We could invite an expert for one meeting here at our headquarters in São Paulo and another in Brasília,” Mourad said, noting that the institution held a similar event during the 2018 elections.
The first round of the presidential elections will be held on October 4. In this electoral process, voters will choose the president, governors, federal deputies, state deputies, and 54 of the 81 senators. Terms are four years, except for senators, whose terms are eight years. If necessary, a runoff will be held for executive positions—president and governors—on October 25.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador, Faisal Ibrahim Ghulam, suggested conducting a study to assess the impacts of the conflict in the Middle East on trade relations between Brazil and Arab countries. He also proposed creating an online magazine to portray the daily life of the Arab community in Brazil and the activities of the ABCC and ambassadors in the country.
Qatar’s ambassador, Ahmad Mohammed Al Shebani, thanked the ABCC for its presence at the Doha Forum last year and invited the institution to take part in the Halal Expo, to be held in Doha from September 7 to 9 this year. Halal products are those made in accordance with Islamic rules. Bahrain’s ambassador, Bader Abbas Hasan Ahmed Alhelaibi, made suggestions for the 5th Brazil & Arab Countries Economic Forum, which the ABCC will hold on August 25 in São Paulo.
At the end of the meeting, the ABCC was honored by the Council of Arab Ambassadors. The tribute was followed by a lunch. Also attending were the ABCC’s institutional relations director, Fernanda Baltazar, and the head of the ABCC’s office in Dubai, Rafael Solimeo.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
