São Paulo – Brazil’s vice president Hamilton Mourão will join on Wednesday (13) a webinar hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The online conference “Brazil will run from 11 am until noon, “Brazil and the Arab Countries: enhancing the agenda in the new global scenario.” The webinar will also feature the Arab Chamber’s president Rubens Hannun and vice presidents. Pictured above, Hannun welcomes Mourão for a tour of the Arab Chamber in 2019.
The webinar discussion will center around how to further strengthen Brazilian-Arab relations in the global context ushered in by coronavirus and in a post-pandemic world. The Arab Chamber is looking to bring government officials and private sector players in Brazil and the Arab countries into the debate. Registration is open, free of charge, and simultaneous translation into English will be available.
Arab Chamber president Hannun told ANBA that in his latest trip to Arab countries, early this year, as the coronavirus was beginning to spread across the region, he was questioned as to how Brazil would help their country make it through. “That was a display of how they view Brazil’s role as a leading, frontline country, and proof that they are counting on us,” he says.
Hannun argues that the priority given by Brazil to supplying Arab countries during the crisis has buoyed their trust. Existing strategic partnerships and collaborative work have blossomed even further. “We have already noticed that this boost in relations creates a number of new opportunities,” he said.
The Chamber invited Hamilton Mourão for the webinar in a bid to involve the government in devising this tie-building strategy for the novel scenario. “Since we’re getting to speak with Brazil’s government, represented by the vice president, we would like to discuss how we can go about that, which in fact is a continuation of our relations, but this time with new ingredients in the mix,” says Hannun.
Hannun believes that every player is important in bringing relations forward, from government to the private sector. “We must play the role of linking up all these players,” he says. The Chamber has held three webinars – one involving the Legislative Power, on which occasion the Brazil-Arab Countries Parliamentary Group; one featuring Brazil’s Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina; and one on logistics.
Next Wednesday’s webinar will feature Arab Chamber Administrative vice president Mohamad Orra Mourad, International Relations vice president Osmar Chohfi, Foreign Trade vice president Ruy Carlos Cury, Marketing vice president Riad Naim Younes, and treasurer director Nahid Chicani. They will ask questions and bring up different aspects of Brazilian-Arab relations.
Quick facts
Webinar “Brazil and the Arab Countries: enhancing the agenda in the new global scenario”
Featuring vice president Hamilton Mourão
Wednesday, March 13, 11 am – noon
Register free of charge
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
