The Egyptian International Cooperation minister, Fayza Abul Naga, was in Brasília and São Paulo to discuss the theme with government and private sector representatives. Agriculture is the core topic.
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Ministers from the two regions met this week in New York, on the sidelines of the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations.
At the opening of the UN General Assembly, the Brazilian president called for more participation of emerging countries in the IMF and the World Bank, and for the expansion of the UN Security Council.
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received yesterday, in New York, an award from the Woodrow Wilson Center. The reduction of poverty in the country was one of the reasons for the homage.
Ministers of Foreign Relations from the two blocs are going to meet on the sidelines of the UN’s General Assembly. The aim is to arrive at common stances regarding matters of international interest.
The two decisions, taken by the Foreign Trade Board, were published in the Federal Official Gazette today.
Celso Amorim was in Tunis yesterday. Among the themes discussed were participation of Vale in tenders for exploration of phosphates in the country and the Elloumi factory in Brazil.
Celso Amorim should be in the country for the third time and has meetings with the prime minister, the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence and with the president of the African Development Bank.
Brasília – Brazil will soon have a list of sanctions against the United States because of the subsidies granted to cotton farmers in the country. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has awarded Brazil the right to impose trade retaliation, acknowledging that the United States is overly protectionist. The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim,
The government has asked the WTO to analyse the United States surcharges on Brazilian orange juice. The Foreign Office contests the calculations made by US authorities.
Diplomat Roberto Abdalla will take charge of the Brazilian embassy in Kuwait in October. One of his objectives will be to attract Kuwaiti investment into Brazil. His grandparents were Lebanese.
Yesterday, the president received the Egyptian minister of Foreign Relations, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in Brasília. They discussed the importance of business missions and the two countries’ trade potential.
President Lula’s term in office ends on December 31st, 2010. He said he plans to launch a new Growth Acceleration Program, for his successor not to have to ‘start from scratch’.
Foreign minister Celso Amorim said yesterday that there is strong interest in Brazilian participation in the Middle East peace process. He spoke at a seminar on the subject, in Rio.
