In an honour by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, the organisation’s president said that under Celso Amorim, Brazilian diplomacy placed the country on the global scenery, with the respect it deserves.
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To the Brazilian Foreign Minister, the line adopted by Brazil should be maintained no matter who wins the elections. ‘The benefits are so clear,’ he said. ‘It would not be sensible to abandon it.’
The head of the Interregional Mechanisms Department at the Brazilian Foreign Office, Gilberto Moura, said the Federation of Arab-South American Chambers of Commerce should be created in February 2011.
The organisation is going to promote a dinner in honour of Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, who has fostered relations between Brazil and the Arab world in recent years.
The Arab country’s Industry and Trade minister, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, addressed the matter with Brazilian counterparts in different ministries. He wants greater cooperation for encouraging business.
Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Culture minister, was named chairperson of the World Heritage Committee yesterday. The organization’s last meeting was held in the Brazilian capital Brasília.
The treaty covers 95% of trade between the two countries. The information was supplied by Evandro Didonet, Brazil’s main negotiator, who took part in the talks that led to the document’s signing.
Bloc’s heads of state should discuss issues such as ending the double collection of the common external tariff, the free trade agreement with Egypt and the granting of tariff preferences to Haiti.
Negotiators will meet in the weekend, in Argentina, to try and conclude a free trade agreement before the meeting of heads of state from the South American bloc, due August 3rd.
São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations informed today (26th) that the country’s government has donated US$ 300,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The funds will be allocated to humanitarian aid actions at camps in Tindouf, Algeria, according to the Brazilian foreign ministry (Itamaraty). According to the ministry, the funds
Muna Al-Hussein, mother to king Abdullah, will attend a WHO conference on nursing and midwifery in São Paulo. She presides over the Arab country’s Nursing Council.
The signing of the free-trade agreement between the South American bloc and the Arab country is expected. The meeting will be held in San Juan, Argentina, on August 2nd and 3rd.
The two countries will form a group to look into trade and investment opportunities. Alongside Lula, the prime minister Nasser Al-Sabah called on Kuwaiti companies to enter Brazil.
Authorities and businessmen from the Arab country are in Brazil on a mission headed by prime minister Nasser Al-Sabah. The trip is part of a tour that includes other Latin American countries.
