A group of Brazilian chancellors and professors should participate, in April next year, in a seminar in Beirut. The meeting should continue with the process of generating closer ties among educators of both countries, established after the signing of an agreement in 2006.
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – This morning (29th), the Brazilian Lower House paid a tribute on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, created by the United Nations (UN). November 29th was the date in which the UN Partition Plan for the Palestine was approved, in 1947. The ceremony
This was one of the matters discussed yesterday during the visit of the ambassador of the Arab country, Waleed Al-Kandari, to the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina. According to the vice president at the organisation, Glauco José Côrte, 70% of state exports to Kuwait are chicken meat. The ambassador also met with state governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira.
ANBA covered the arrival of a new group of Palestinian refugees in Brazil. To them, the country, due to the generosity of its people, is the land of hope. The third group, which landed this Friday in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, is comprised of 11 single men and three families, including five children.
Agência Brasil* Pretoria (South Africa) – The final document of the Second Summit of Ibsa, the group that brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, presented today (17), defends the reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, but asks for priority for the return to negotiations of the Doha Rounds, which forecast the elimination
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazil to have official representation in Burkina Faso. The Official Gazette has published the decree establishing the Brazilian Embassy in the African country today (15). The decree was published on the same day Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took his first trip to Burkina Faso. The embassy will be
Next week, the Brazilian president will take his seventh trip to the African continent. He will travel to Burkina Faso, the Republic of Congo, Angola, and South Africa. The government is interested in strengthening economic ties, especially in the fields of energy and mining.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian minister of National Integration, Geddel Vieira Lima, will participate in the event Open Days – European Week of Regions and Cities, to be held from today (8th) to next Thursday (11th), in Brussels, Belgium. By invitation of the minister at the European Commission, Danuta Hubner, Geddel Vieira Lima will
The visit of Palestinian parliament member Abdullah Abdullah to Brazil, this week, has generated initiatives from Brazilian politicians for the peace conference to take place in Washington, in November, to result in effective advances for Palestine. They intend to organise a meeting in the sidelines of the conference for politicians of social movements. In São Paulo, Abdullah visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Ânuar Nahes is going to use his experience as coordinator for follow up of Summit of South American – Arab Countries affairs to represent Brazil in Doha, the capital of Qatar. He intends to stimulate investment, trade, aerial transportation and partnerships in the area of gas. Yesterday the diplomat visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber, which was also visited by the new person in charge for follow up of Summit affairs, ambassador Arnaldo Carrilho.
The president of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, invited the president of Brazil to take part in a conference for peace in the Middle East, which should take place in the United States in November. Abbas also thanked Brazil for having received Palestinian refugees. The two met yesterday, after the opening of the UN Assembly in New York.
