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This is the opinion of the secretary general at the General Union of Chambers for Arab Countries, Lebanese economist Imad Shehab. In an interview to ANBA, he said he plans to renew the institution to make it into the real representative of the private sector in the region and that he believes in greater sharing of profits with the local economic growth.

The need for a direct flight was one of the matters discussed yesterday between the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim, the Libyan Foreign Business minister, Abderrahman Chalgam, and Public Works minister, Abuzeid Omar Dorda, in Tripoli. They also spoke about the operation of Brazilian companies in Libya.

Diplomat Edgard Casciano will take charge of the Brazilian embassy in the capital of Syria in July. He was head of cabinet at the general undersecretariat of policies for Africa, Asia/Oceania and the Middle East at the Itamaraty (Brazilian foreign office) and wants to encourage expansion of trade, investment and also cultural and academic relations between Brazil and Syria.