Agência Brasil Brasília – The minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, will travel to Geneva this weekend in an attempt to give a fillip to the negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) over fairer trade rules. Negotiators from the member countries of the organization were unable to achieve the desired progress towards the so-called
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The countries in both blocs have promised to study the end of non-tariff barriers to simplify trade in the agricultural area. This was one of the discussions of the meeting of ministers in the economic area of both regions, which took place in Quito, capital of Ecuador. The liberation of trade of oil products is also mentioned in the final declaration.
This is the opinion of the head of the department for the Americas of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Egypt, Hamdi Dardiri, who is in the Ecuadorian capital for the ministerial meeting that starts tomorrow.
This is going to be one of the themes of the meeting of ministers in the economic area to take place this week in the capital of Ecuador. Other topics are support for holding reciprocal investments and incentives for signing commercial treaties.
This information was supplied yesterday by the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim, during a meeting with the minister of Foreign Business of Algeria, Mohammed Bedjaoui, in Brazilian capital Brasília. The Brazil-Algeria Mixed Committee met this week for the first time in almost 20 years.
This statement was made yesterday by the minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, during a meeting with representatives of chambers of commerce, among them the secretary general of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby. Al-Assaf also confirmed his participation in the meeting of Arab and South American ministers of finance to take place in Quito, Ecuador, at the end of the month.
The minister of Environment of Sudan, Ahmed Babikir Ahmed Nahar, delivered to representatives of the UN, during a conference about biological diversity in the city of Curitiba, southern Brazil, a letter requesting help to avoid desertification in the country. Preservation of species that live in the desert is also a concern in Tunisia.
The head of office of the Ministry of the Environment of Tunisia, Habib Dimassi, handed in to the Brazilian government a study asking for exchange in experiences with the country in the fields of pollution control, ecological tourism and national parks. Dimassi participated in a conference on biological university in Curitiba and was received by the Arab Chamber in São Paulo.
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.
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.
