Mohamed Benaïssa, Moroccan minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation met president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília yesterday. Among the topics discussed were the increase of cooperation between developing countries, negotiations between the Mercosur, the Common Market of the South, a customs union between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, and the North African country, and the organization of the summit between the South Americana and Arab countries to take place in Brazil in Dec
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Agência Brasil Brasília – A total of 1,470 Brazilian soldiers have begun training to eventually command a multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti. According to minister of Defense, José Viegas, the Brazilians are scheduled to arrive in Haiti in July for a six-month period which could be extended. When Brazil takes over the command, other nations
Agência Brasil Brasília – On Sunday (4), the American newspaper Washington Post published an article alleging that Brazil is not allowing experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the uranium enrichment plant that is under construction in Resende, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. According to the newspaper, the Brazilian refusal
Agência Brasil Brasília – On April 14, Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim, and the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, Didier Opertti, will meet in the city of Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, to ratify a free movement agreement on the Brazil-Uruguay border. The agreement will benefit some 700,000 people who live in an area up to 20 kilometers
The reception will take place on Wednesday (31) in Brazilian capital Brasília. "This is recognition for the work they have been doing in bringing Brazil closer to the Arab countries," informed the chief ambassador of the Special Palestinian Delegation to Brazil, Musa Odeh.
The country wants Brazilian oil company Petrobras to join forces with other foreign companies to explore oil in the Red Sea. The country is also interested in a Brazilian company to supply boilers to a sugar mill, and in negotiation agricultural technology. "We want to come closer to Brazil," informed Ramatullah Mohamed Othman, Sudanese ambassador in Brasília, to ANBA.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrived in Beijing on Sunday and has already begun working out the details of agreements that president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign during his official visit in May. Among those agreements are a Mercosur-China free trade agreement and one on cooperation in mining
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrived yesterday (18) in Ankara, capital of Turkey. He will visit the country until Saturday (20) as official guest of the Turkish government and has meetings scheduled with Turkish President Ahmet Necnet Sezer and Chancellor Abdullah Gül. Amorim is the first Brazilian Foreign Minister
Agência Brasil Brasília – As part of an international cooperation program to assist victims of AIDS around the world, yesterday Brazil sent drugs to Columbia, El Salvador, Paraguay and the Domincan Republic. The drugs were manufactured in Brazil and are sufficient for 100 patients in each country for a period of three months. The program
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – At the end of their meeting yesterday, the presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, agreed to a significant expansion of bilateral cooperation. The two presidents signed a document on relations with international organizations. They also signed a joint communiqué, which is being called
