The minister of Local Administration and Environment of Syria, Helal Alatrash, arrives in São Paulo today. He is going to visit institutions like the São Paulo State Company for Sanitation and Technology (Cetesb) and visit the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The minister is coming from the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, where he participated in a conference about biological diversity.
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To prince El Hassan Bin Talal, the region may serve as a model to other countries regarding regional dialogue, cultural integration and the use of alternative fuels. He discussed this and other matters yesterday with former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and with the mayor of São Paulo, José Serra.
The domination of biofuel technology, like alcohol and biodiesel, should provide the country with authority in the sector, according to Jordanian prince El Hassan bin Talal, who is in Brazil. During a talk at a college in São Paulo, he also praised the manner in which Brazil conducts its foreign relations.
Agência Brasil Brasília – This week, between March 13 and 17, Brazil will host a meeting of the Protocol of Cartegena on Biosafety, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná. The Protocol of Cartagena on Biosafety was drawn up in September 2003, and Brazil became a signatory in February 2004. The protocol is an
The document was approved this week during a meeting of the Ministerial Council of the League of Arab States, in Egypt. The text presents ways of strengthening relations between Arabs and South Americans, according to the standards of the South American Arab Countries Summit.
Agência Brasil Brasília – This morning Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left for a four-day state visit to England at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. The presidential entourage includes ministers of Finance, Antônio Palocci; Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan; Science and Technology, Sergio Rezende; Culture, Gilberto Gil; and Education,
Agência Brasil Brasília – Between March 7 and 10, Brazil will host the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development. This is the first conference of its kind since a 1979 conference in Rome. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Development, headed by Miguel Rossetto, who will lead the Brazilian delegation to the
The ministers in the economic areas of both blocs are scheduled to meet in Quito, Ecuador, in April. Among the topics to be discussed are the possibility of establishing a free trade area between both blocs, the promotion of investment, incentives to tourism and the financing of social programs.
Paulo Dyrceu Pinheiro has been the Brazilian ambassador to Angola, Pakistan, Singapore and São Tomé and Príncipe and is getting ready to take over the embassy in Doha. He believes that there are opportunities for Brazilian companies in the area of equipment for exploration of oil. Qatar produces around one million barrels of the commodity a day and should become the largest world exporter of gas.
Agência Brasil Brasília – In his weekly radio broadcast, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke of the Progressive Governance Summit that he attended in South Africa on the last stop of his five-day trip to Africa last week. Lula used the summit to once again call for reduced farm subsidies in rich nations,
Agência Brasil* Algiers – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed once again to the rich countries to relate to poverty in the world. According to him, who is on his fifth journey to Africa, the world will only have peace when the poor nations become developed. Lula stated that it is necessary for
Agência Brasil* Algiers – In his final address in Algeria, before leaving, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited businessmen from the country to visit Brazil after partnerships and to learn about the Brazilian market. According to Lula, there are excellent Brazilian institutions with capacities to increase cooperation between both countries in agriculture, vigilance of
