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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
The president made the statement to Algerian journalists before leaving Brasília on his way to Algiers.
The establishment of a diplomatic office has already been authorized by president Lula and should take place in the first half of this year. It takes place after the opening of a Sudanese embassy in Brazilian capital Brasília. This week Brazil was news in the Sudanese press, due to the first participation of the Arab Brazilian Chamber in Khartoum International Fair.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva telephoned the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, to discuss talks in the scope of the Doha Rounds of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This information was supplied by the Press Advisory for the Ministry of Foreign Relations In
