São Paulo – The Ministry of External relations (Itamaraty) stated this Tuesday (7th) that diplomat Roberto Abdallah received the agrément granted by the Qatar government as Brazil’s ambassador in Doha. Abdallah has experience in the Arab world, since he already had the post of ambassador in Kuwait and as head of the Middle East Department of Itamaraty.
According to Itamaraty, the nomination of the diplomat for the post in Qatar still has to be approved by the Senate.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani