In an interview with ANBA, Arab League ambassador to Brasília, Qais Marouf Kheiro Shqair, talked about the perspectives of Brazil-Arab relations after the visit of president Jair Bolsonaro to the region in October.
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Brazil’s president will travel to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro told ANBA in an interview. He is just back from an official trip to Abu Dhabi. ‘Brazil will be right there with the UAE,’ he said.
The foreign ministers of the bloc composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa convened in Rio de Janeiro. They called out for increased representation of emerging countries with international organizations.
The 92-year-old Béji Caïd Essebsi led the country’s post-Arab Spring transition to democracy. The speaker of the Parliament has been sworn in as interim president and elections have been moved ahead to September 15.
Marcelo Della Nina convened with prince Saud Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, in Dammam.
Akira Yamada gave a statement during a Senate session marking the 111th anniversary of Japanese immigration. Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan.
Current head of the Brazilian diplomatic representation to Bogotá, Colombia, Julio Bitelli was nominated to the embassy in Rabat. At the Arab Brazilian Chamber, he said that diversifying exports and signing the agreement with Mercosur will be his priorities.
Brazil’s president had a meeting with Saudi Arabia heir prince Mohammed bin Salman last Saturday (29) in Japan, in the sidelines of a G20 meeting.
The conclusion of talks – which had begun in 1999 – was announced this Friday in Brussels.
The agency’s new president Sergio Segovia visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber this Friday and talked to its leaders about their joint work. Segovia told ANBA that he’s developing a new strategic plan to make APEX-Brasil more efficient.
On the final day of the Arab-German Business Forum, panels addressed infrastructure and logistics in Egypt and featured Arab ambassadors.
The UN agency’s 15th quadrennial session will take place in the Caribbean island; the United Arab Emirates is hosting the World Investment Forum and the Asia eCommerce Week.
For the fourth time, the country has been named a non-permanent member, alongside Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Vietnam.
The continental agreement entered into effect this Thursday, providing for the lifting of tariffs on 90% of goods traded between 52 of the 55 African Union member countries.
