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.
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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
Agência Brasil Brasília – The United States is open to discussions about multilateral agreements that also involve agricultural subsidies granted by the American government to its farmers. This is what the president of the US House of Representatives, Dennis Haster, conceded following a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues. The meeting lasted around
Agência Brasil Brasília – Yesterday president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the president of the United States, George W. Bush, talked on the telephone for 15 minutes. Bush wanted the conversation in order to compliment Lula on his first year in office and successes domestically and on the international scene. Lula told Bush that
Agência Brasil Brasilia – The Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) has released the following note on the capture of Saddam Hussein: "Brazil considers the capture of Saddam Hussein a moment for reflection on the situation in Iraq and hopes that it will contribute to speeding up the transition process to self-government by the Iraqi people. Brazil
In his third radio talk to the nation, Lula also talked about his recent visit to the Arab countries. "Instead of sitting around here waiting for things to happen, I went to the Middle East and Africa to make them happen. Brazil has to be bolder in fighting for its rights," he said.
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the G-20 could create its own free trade area and open it to other countries in development. Speaking to ministerial level representatives of the G-20 who were in Brasilia for a meeting, Lula said that a number of countries are already moving, individually
Agência Brasil Brasilia – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that he supports the so-called Geneva Accord for a peaceful solution to the situation in Israel and Palestine reached by unofficial Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. At the moment, Lula is on an eight day tour of the region, but will not visit the area
