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.
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In a meeting with regional heads of state last Friday (23rd), the Brazilian president stated that South America is going to change positions in the global political chessboard. The presidents signed a treaty establishing the Union of South American Nations (Unasul).
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.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development will take place until the 25th in Accra, capital of Ghana. Presidents, ministers, diplomats, technicians and civil society representatives are going to discuss current subjects, such as the turbulence in the international financial market and the high price of commodities.
Businesswomen Paola Tucunduva, from Brazil, and Sana Burgan, from Jordan, are finalists for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development award for businesswomen. The award highlights innovative entrepreneurial initiatives by women in developing countries. Paola owns a chain of launderettes and Sana promotes medical Jordanian medical services.
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.
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.
