The minister of Trade and Industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, told the business delegation from the state of Minas Gerais, which concluded its mission to the Arab country last weekend, that he should visit Brazil still this year. He promised to go to the state. In Cairo, companies from Minas participated in meetings with local companies and closed deals.
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Representatives of the governments of both countries meet today and tomorrow for the first talks regarding the trade agreement. From the meeting should come the definition of the scope of the treaty: whether it will be free trade or tariff preference.
The Lebanese Imad Shehab is going to replace Elias Ghantous, who turned 70 years of age and is going to retire. Shehab has already been the secretary general at the Association of Banks in Lebanon. The new official was introduced during a meeting in Greece last Friday.
The possibilities of exchange between both cities were the theme yesterday of a meeting between the ambassador of Tunisia to Brazil, Sefeddine Cherif, and the mayor of São Paulo, Gilberto Kassab. Cherif also met with alderman José Rogério Farhat, author of a project that should make Tunis and São Paulo sister cities.
Minister Ellen Gracie is going to participate in the International Conference for Supreme Courts in the capital of the United Arab Emirates between March 23 and 24. Alongside representatives of supreme courts of 32 countries, she is going to speak about the workings of Justice in Brazil.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – An agreement between Brazil and Lebanon to combat production, consumption and trafficking of psychotropic substances becomes effective as of today (14th). The cooperation pact, which had been defined in 2003 by the governments of the two countries, also provides for stricter supervision of financial transactions. The scope and principles of the
Diplomats in South American and Arab countries will engage in a series of activities to prepare for the summit of the two regions, to be held in Doha, in the second half this year. The event was one of the subjects discussed during a meeting of Arab foreign ministers last week in Egypt.
The Arab country sent to the secretariat of the Mercosur, at the end of last year, a request for a framework agreement with the South American bloc, which includes Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. The Mercosur is gong to start talks for a treaty with another Arab country, Morocco, in April, during a meeting in Rabat.
The matter deserved special attention in the final declaration of the meeting of foreign ministers of both regions, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday, in Buenos Aires. The document forecasts the creation of bi-regional mechanisms for the exchange of experience and cooperation in the area.
Relations between the Arab and South American countries have progressed since the summit between both regions, in 2005, but they may still grow. This was one of the themes of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of both regions, which began yesterday, in Buenos Aires. Cooperation in the area of energy and joint efforts for peace in Palestine were among the pleas.
Both countries signed a document establishing mechanisms for political consultation. In practice, the governments of Brazil and Palestine should promote periodic meetings to discuss themes of common interest. The agreement was signed yesterday during the visit of the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Celso Amorim, to Ramallah as part of his tour of the Middle East.
Next week, on February 20 and 21, the Foreign Ministers of Arab and South American countries should meet in the Argentine capital. They are going to discuss plans for joint action between both regions, as well as preparing the next summit, to take place in Qatar this year.
