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Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the president of Bulgaria, Gueorgui Parvánov, today (12), in the Planalto Palace. The two presidents participated in a ceremony in which a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Rio Branco Institute (where Brazilian diplomats are trained) and the diplomatic institute of the Bulgarian
This mission is part of the country strategy of commercial promotion in non-traditional markets. The delegation is going to participate in business meetings and is going to present the potential of the Brazilian economy to Kuwaiti and Saudi businessmen. The group will be in the region between February 21 and 24. The Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty) hopes to take between 40 and 50 companies, organizations and sector associations.
This is the opinion of Shadia Farrag, head of the Americas Department at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Relations and former Egyptian ambassador in Brazil. According to her, the preparatory events for the summit between heads of state, to take place in May, are already promoting an intense approximation between the countries in the two blocs.
Senators Maquito Vilela and Leomar Quintanilha and congressmen Jamil Murad, Augusto Abicalil and Murilo Zauith met with Mahmoud Abbas for 50 minutes yesterday.
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a congratulatory message to the president elect of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. In the note Lula says "It is time for the Palestinian people to move ahead in the direction of peace and prosperity." Lula also praised Abbas for his democratic spirit
According to specialists, Brazilian companies may use one of the countries in the region as an export base to the others. But they must invest or sign some local partnership so as to have the advantage of zero tariffs, forecasted in the agreement that started on January 01, as the product must have a specific percentage of locally made components.
Sepúlveda Pertence, president of the Federal Electoral Court in Brazil, was invited by the Palestinian National Authority and will travel to Ramallah this Wednesday, accompanied by the former justices Torquato Jardim and Fernando Neves, and by the electoral judge Paulo de Tarso Tamburine, from the state of Minas Gerais. The suit will take place on Sunday.
Agência Brasil Rio – The Red Cross of Brazil is receiving donations to help the victims of the tidal wave in Asia, according to the president of the organization in Brazil, Luiz Fernando Hernández. He explained that the destruction of airport landing strips and transport costs are making it more difficult to send donations to
