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The Commercial Section of the Embassy of Brazil in Cairo has a new head, Fernando Bastos. He visited the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in the Egyptian capital to discuss joint cooperation actions for Brazil-Egypt trade.

Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce secretary-general & CEO Tamer Mansour is part of the group accompanying the Brazilian federal government delegation on a trip to China headed by the minister of Agriculture. President Lula canceled his participation due to health issues. The schedule in the UAE was withdrawn.

Diplomat Márcio Fagundes do Nascimento will take over the embassy of Brazil in Amman in June. On Tuesday (21) he was welcomed by Arab Brazilian Chamber leaders and talked to ANBA about Jordan’s role as a reference for Brazil in Middle Eastern affairs.

The Brazilian Cooperation Agency’s Humanitarian Cooperation general coordinator José Solla visited Brazil’s Syrian Sports Club, where he signed an agreement for the government to collect and send medicine donations by plane to the Arab country hit by earthquakes in February. The emergency campaign Together for Syria is still accepting donations.

The Embassy of Bahrain in Brasilia paid homage to women who played a role in the relationship between Brazil and the Gulf nation. The Arab Brazilian Chamber’s coordinator of Corporate & Institutional Services, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, was one of the honored.

Rania Al Haj Ali visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters in São Paulo this Friday (24) and spoke with ANBA about the earthquake that hit her home country and the desire for Brazilian companies to increase trade with Syria. She has been serving in Brasilia since November.