Isaura Daniel, special envoy* Brasilia – The president of Peru and current president of the Community of South American Nations, Alejandro Toledo, emphasised today, in an interview to the press, after the opening of the summit for South American and Arab countries, the trade characteristic of the meeting. "This is a good meeting to identify
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Alexandre Rocha, special envoy* Brasilia – The Algerian minister of Foreign Relations, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, defended today the United Nations Organisation (UN) reform at the last meeting for the Foreign Relations ministers, happening before the official opening of the summit. Algeria currently holds the rotating presidency of the League of Arab States and co-presidency of the
Isaura Daniel, special envoy* Brasilia – The board of the Bank of Brazil approved today the opening of an office in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The information was given by the director of the trade department at the Brazilian foreign office, the Itamaraty, Mario Vilalva. "This is the first step for opening a
Cláudia Abreu and Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – The Arab group Al Ghalia, from Bahrain, plans on forming a partnership with the Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy, one of the most highly esteemed in the world. The first contact was made two weeks ago. According to the doctor, an executive in the company came across
Agência Brasil* São Paulo – The South American Community of Nations (Casa), to be consolidated during the Summit of Arab and South American Countries is not the first attempt at economic, social and infrastructure integration and political dialogue among the countries on the continent. It is in reality similar to another that took place ten
Isaura Daniel, special envoy* Brasilia – The framework agreement between the Mercosur (bloc including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which will start negotiations for a trade treaty between the two regions, will be signed before the end of the summit for South American and Arab countries, which starts tomorrow
Alexandre Rocha, special envoy* Brasilia – As well as the luncheon in homage to the South American and Arab Foreign Ministers, hosted by Foreign Relations Ministry, and the meeting for these ministers at 3:30 p.m., when topics of the summit declaration will be discussed, the Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister Celso Amorim has an ample agenda
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The traffic at the Brasilia international airport increased this Sunday morning. Many foreign delegations arrived in parties for the Summit of South American and Arab Countries. One of the first to arrive was the minister of Foreign Affairs from Tunisia, Abdelbaki Hermassi, followed by the deputy Foreign Relations Minister of Peru,
Brazilian businessmen believe that in order to increase exports to the Arab countries it is important to end with the intermediaries in the negotiations.
Last month, 232,900 tonnes of the product were shipped. External sales added up to US$ 259.8 million, 54% more than in April 2004.
The exhibit, at the Bank of Brazil Cultural Centre, in Brasilia gathers pictures from 22 photographers from 10 countries, as well as historical images. The show will be open until the 26th of June.
