The Egyptian president, Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi, received the Brazilian vice president, Hamilton Mourão, this Tuesday (28) in Cairo. They discussed intentions to strengthen ties between Brazil and Egypt, including in international forums.
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Hamilton Mourão was received in Cairo Airport by Egypt’s prime minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday (27).
Nashwa Bakr took office as commercial consul of Egypt in São Paulo last February. She talked to ANBA about her career, first impressions of Brazil, and plans to strengthen commercial ties.
Over luncheon at the residence of Kuwait’s ambassador to Brasília, Brazil’s president and diplomats from Gulf countries went over ways to enhance trade relations.
In the webinar featuring former Brazilian president Michel Temer, Lebanese-Brazilian Medical Association president Robert Sami Nemer said that the donations are expected to be sent next Thursday (27).
The Model United Nations for High Schools finished last Friday (7). Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce cultural director Silvia Antibas talked during the closing event.
In a phone interview with ANBA, former Brazilian FM and current ambassador to Cairo, Antonio Patriota, talked about Egypt’s good economic outlook, despite the difficulties faced in the pandemic. Relations with Brazil are mature and stable, he says.
The action is part of the campaign ‘Federal District Government and Embassies United Against Covid-19,’ created by the Federal District Government’s Office of International Affairs and the Covid-19 Emergency Committee.
Ibrahim Alzeben, Palestine ambassador to Brazil and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, believes a global shift towards cooperation will come once the pandemic is over. Arab diplomats in Brasília are in touch with one another online to keep tabs on the situation.
One meeting space in the Embassy of Palestine in Brasília was named ‘Arab Chamber’ in honor of the Chamber’s work for Brazil-Arab countries relations.
Interparliamentary cooperation seeks to strengthen the relations between the Brazilian Congress and the Arab countries and brings together 31 senators and eight congresspeople. Initiative is supported by the Arab Chamber.
The Arab country’s embassy held an event last Wednesday (19) to celebrate important dates of the history of Kuwait, such as the coronation of Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah and the country’s liberation in 1991.
Diplomat Hermano Telles Ribeiro, who’s soon to take office at Brazil’s Embassy in Beirut, intends to push for completion of the free trade agreement.
Haitam Bin Tariq Bin Taimur ascended to the throne last Saturday, following the death of his cousin and predecessor Qaboos Bin Said on Friday.
