Treaties forecast operations in the areas of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as the creation of an economic and business forum. Authorities in both countries should also discuss the Arab and South American summit in the second half, the formation of a commission for cooperation between the countries, the creation of an air rout between both countries, and simplification in the visa system.
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Emile Lahoud will be meeting president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tomorrow (17). One of the subjects will be the summit between Arab and South American heads of state to take place in the second half of 2004. Cooperation agreements will be negotiated in the technical, cultural, education, and commercial areas.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil and France have "the same worries" in many points of international diplomacy, stated the foreign relations minister, Celso Amorim, yesterday (04). The declaration was made after the meeting minister Amorim had with French foreign relations minister, Dominique de Villepin, who is visiting Brazilian capital Brasília. Minister Villepin stated
Agência Brasil Geneva (Switzerland) – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared yesterday in Geneva that his government hopes to increase significantly the nearly US$ 11 billion in direct foreign investments made in 2003. At a meeting with around 200 executives from large international corporations at UN headquarters in Geneva, Lula said that Brazil possesses solid
Agência Brasil New Delhi – In a speech to Brazilian and Indian business leaders, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared: "It is time for Brazilian businessmen to prospect for new markets and get to work on exporting their goods to other places. They should complain less and sell more!" Speaking without notes, Lula said
Agência Brasil Brasília/New Delhi – Yesterday, on his third day in India, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a seminar entitled: "Brazil-India – Sustainable Development: Perspectives and Possibilities." In his speech, he declared that he did not believe it was possible to grow without an equitable income distribution. Lula pointed out that between 1930 and 1980,
To the minister, an opportunity like the World Economic Forum is rare. In 2003, he said, he was at the event trying to "curb" lack of trust in the country.
Deadline given to the United States by the World Trade Organization for modification of the amendment finished in December. The country was condemned after Brazil and another ten countries went against the White House in 2001.
In a meeting with 49 Brazilian ambassadors who work in foreign countries, the Brazilian president requested hard work in the organization of the event and stated that he will inaugurate a new phase in relations with the Arab world. President Lula hopes that the meeting will promote closer political ties, but the main focuses are economic and trade relations.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Photographic identification and fingerprinting, security procedures recently adopted at airports in Brazil and the United States, have now emerged from the sphere of ports and airports and become a diplomatic issue. On Tuesday night (6), the Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, requested the US Ambassador to Brazil, Donna Hrinak, that
