The Moroccan minister of Industry and Trade, Salah Edinne Mezouar, and the mayor of Tangiers, Dahman Derham, will be in the Brazilian capital Brasília in April. The Moroccan city is a candidate to host the International Exhibition, organised by the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE), and will request support from the Brazilian government. Brazil is a member of the BIE, which is going to select the site of the exhibition in December.
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Showing what daily life is like in art and culture in the Arab world. This is the objective of Arab ambassadors living in Brazil, during the celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the League of Arab States. Today and tomorrow in Brazilian capital Brasília, activities will be held to commemorate the anniversary of the organisation and also to pay homage to the Arab immigrants who live in the country.
The Foreign Minister of Morocco, Mohammed Benaïssa, arrived in the Brazilian capital Brasília yesterday (13). He should deliver a letter from the king of Morocco, Mohamed VI, to Brazilian president Lula, and will meet today with his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Amorim, to discuss cooperation between the two countries.
According to the organization that is connected to the United Nations (UN), Morocco is already the main destination for foreign direct investment in the Maghreb and the fourth in Africa, thanks to structural reforms promoted in the last decade. The institution recommends, however, the unification of the legislation in the sector, the creation of an investment agency and greater effort in the attraction of funds for innovation.
The minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco, Mohammed Benaïssa, is going to arrive in Brazil today for an official agenda. Tomorrow he is going to meet the Brazilian foreign minister, Celso Amorim. The minister should deliver a letter from the king of his country to president Lula.
Friday (09), in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, the two heads of State made a political commitment of trying to resume negotiations for the World Trade Organization. ‘Should Brazil and the United States reach an agreement, we can make our offer to the other countries,’ Lula said. ‘Our discussion is of key importance,’ Bush claimed. Both presidents believe that trade is the best tool for promoting development.
The agreement was announced on Friday (09) morning, in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, during the visit of the president of the United States, George W. Bush, to Brazil. During a meeting with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras, a memorandum of cooperation was signed in the field of biofuels production. Nevertheless, the memorandum does not address the reduction in export tariffs for ethanol to the United States, one of the m
The Brazilian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Isnard Penha Brasil Júnior, started discussing with the governments of both countries and with Brazilian organizations the possibility of receiving Saudi students in the country for post-graduate courses in science and technology. The idea is to make Brazil an alternative to other regions of the world, where the Saudis have a hard time obtaining visas.
In an interview to ANBA, the Foreign Relations Commissioner of the European Union, Benita Ferrero Waldner, said that the plan is going to open a new chapter in bilateral relations. The plan forecasts provision of financial aid for the reform process in the Arab country, as well as assistance in various sectors.
The ambassador of Kuwait, Waleed Al-Kandari, proposes the signing of cooperation agreements, the exchange of government missions and the promotion of joint events. Today he is offering in Brazilian capital Brasília a reception to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the independence of his country. Directors of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will be present.
Ministers and diplomats of both regions approved yesterday, in Nairobi, Kenya, a document that forecasts a series of joint actions in the area. The meeting was presided by the ministers of Environment of Brazil, Marina Silva, and of Algeria, Cherif Rahmani.
Ministers of Environment from the two regions will meet today in Nairobi, Kenya, to approve a set of cooperative measures in the fields of desertification, water resources, biodiversity, renewable energies and others. Minister Marina Silva, from Brazil, is going to participate.
The Brazilian minister for the Environment, Marina Silva, the Algerian minister for the Environment, Cherif Rahmani, and Jordanian prince Hassan Bin Talal, are among the seven winners of the Champions of the Earth award, granted to people who stand out in the environmental area.
Representatives of Arab and South American governments met for two days in the capital of Egypt. Among the measures approved are the organization of seminars about tourism, mines and energy and the financial market. Brazil proposed the granting of scholarships to Arab researchers.
