Event should count on representatives from at least 20 entities of the sort based in Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and North and South America, including the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. One of the subjects due to be discussed is the summit for South American and Arab countries. The ambassador Mário Vilalva, head of the department for trade promotion at the Itamaraty, the Brazilian Foreign Office, will speak about the matter.
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To diplomats addressed by ANBA, the summit to take place in May is already producing effects, especially in trade. According to them, the event alone already demonstrates the maturity of relations between both regions and will serve to consolidate exchange in various areas.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – In an interview after the meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chile’s president Ricardo Lagos stated that his country has been supporting Brazil’s candidature for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council since 1945, when the Council was created, and that this support was reiterated
Among the 10 Arab heads of state who had confirmed their presence up to the end of last week were the kings of Jordan and Morocco, the Syrian prime-minister, the emir of Qatar and the presidents of Palestine and Algeria. Saudi crown-prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud may also participate.
Agência Brasil Abuja (Nigeria) – Nigeria’s president, Olosegum Obasanjo, asked for Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s support for a South America-Africa Summit, with chiefs of state of the two continents, to happen probably in the beginning of 2006. The request was made during meeting of both countries presidents and ministers, in Abuja, capital
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian vice president, José Alencar, said this Friday (8) that the Mercosur integration should also contemplate social and cultural sectors. The bloc is integrated by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. “The affirmation of the Mercosur as a cohesive bloc in the international arena takes into account, certainly, political and economic issues.
Agência Brasil Yaounde (Republic of Cameroon) – The joint effort of Brazil and African countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Brazilian interest of acquiring a permanent seat in the United Nations (UN) Security Council were the highlights of the speeches of both Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of Brazil, and Paul
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian minister of Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos, discussed Brazilian judicial reform with Lord Woolf, head of the British Judiciary, at a meeting today in the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, England. Bastos traveled to London on Wednesday (6) to sign a judicial cooperation agreement with the government of the
Agência Brasil Brasília – Next Sunday (10), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will start a four-day trip to the African continent. He will visit five countries: The Republic of Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, and Senegal. This is the President’s fourth trip to Africa since his inauguration, in 2003. Several agreements negotiated in the
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil will sign today (7), in London, a cooperation agreement in the judicial area with the United Kingdom, which will allow the exchange of information, and the collection and production of proof in criminal processes against money laundering. The agreement will enable cooperation in fiscal fraud related cases, and in exceptional
Before the first event actually takes place, which will be in May, an Arab country has already offered to host the second edition. The information was disclosed today by the secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Mussa.
