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
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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
Agência Brasil Damascus – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has arrived in Syria to begin his Middle East trip. According to minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, there are excellent chances for Brazil to boost exports to the Syria, especially in the areas of automobiles and food, such as juices. Furlan admitted that
Agência Brasil Damascus – During his two-day visit to Syria, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign cooperation agreements dealing with culture (exchange programs for artists), tourism (which could include regularly scheduled air traffic between the two country) and sports (Syrian soccer coaches will come to Brazil for study). As for trade, the two
President Lula states that lack of social worries open space for terrorism: "We are very worried about peace, and believe that if the whole world were currently considering misery and hunger, there would be no worry with war and terrorism."
