São Paulo – Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, discussed expanding investments and increasing bilateral trade. They met on Monday (7) in Rio de Janeiro, during one of the side meetings at the BRICS summit that took place in the city on Sunday (6) and Monday.
According to information from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Abdullah congratulated Brazil’s BRICS presidency “for addressing the situation in the Middle East with the priority the issue requires,” said the ministry’s statement, referring to the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Among the bilateral topics discussed at the meeting, the diplomats addressed the expansion of investments and trade between the two countries, which reached USD 6.1 billion last year.
Abdullah took part in the first session on the second day of the BRICS summit, Saudi state news agency SPA said. The group is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia has been invited to join the bloc.
In his speech at the meeting, Abdullah denounced violations of international law in Gaza, called on the international community to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid, and urged an end to the crisis and a lasting peace based on a two-state solution.
In the session titled “Environment, United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), and Global Health,” Abdullah emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation in these areas and reaffirmed the Gulf country’s commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, advocating for an approach that takes into account each country’s different circumstances. The session was attended the by Saudi Ambassador to Brazil, Faisal Ghulam, Assistant Director General of the Office of the Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Ismail, Advisor to the Foreign Minister Mohammed Alyahya, and Director General of International Organizations Shahir Al-Khenini.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
