According to the vice minister of Culture of the Arab country, Abdulaziz Alsebail, Saudis know little of Brazil besides football. The aim is to foster closer cultural ties.
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In an interview to ANBA, the minister of Culture of Egypt, Farouk Hosni, said the Brazilian support adds weight to his candidacy to the post of director general of the Unesco and brings more support.
The Brazilian was chosen by Algeria to design the South America Arab Countries library, to be based in Algiers. The design was shown yesterday at a meeting of ministers of Culture in Rio de Janeiro.
Lula arrived yesterday in Istanbul, where he met with the Turkish prime minister. Today, the Brazilian president should close a seminar attended by Brazilian and Turkish businessmen.
Many translations from Portuguese and Spanish into Arabic and vice versa are underway. The theme was discussed at the meeting of South American and Arab Ministries of Culture, held yesterday in Rio.
They are currently in Rio and should meet with their South American colleagues tomorrow to outline a cultural action plan. Nine Arab ministers should attend. A technical meeting will take place today.
In meetings with the Saudi king and the GCC secretary general, Lula made a proposal for cooperation in oil as a means for minimizing the impasse on petrochemicals, which hampers the process.
The Brazilian president prompted king Abdullah Al Saud to seek reciprocal investment opportunities. According to him, the countries must be ‘brave enough to dare’ and come out of the crisis stronger.
One of the objectives of the new ambassador of the Arab country to Brazil, Mohamed Louafa, is to level the balance of trade between both nations, which generates a surplus to Brazil.
The organisation decided to grant Lula the Felix Houphouët-Boigny Prize, awarded to people who work for peace. He was graced mostly for his work in fighting poverty.
A group of 10 adolescents from Santa Catarina state travelled to the Arab country yesterday, invited by the royal family. They will get to know Saudi Arabia in the same week of president Lula’s visit.
This was one of the topics discussed yesterday in Rio de Janeiro by state governor Sérgio Cabral and the Council of Arab Ambassadors. To Cabral, a flight would enable easier access for doing business.
Eduardo Paes met yesterday with Arab ambassadors to Brazil and showed interest in promoting a trip to the Arab countries with businessmen from the city.
A delegation of 12 diplomats from Arab countries should fulfil an agenda in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday and Wednesday. They should meet with political and business leaders in the state.
