President Michel Temer authorized donations to the UNHCR and the IOM, both of which are international organizations devoted to assisting vulnerable people under refugee status.
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The Arab country opened an Embassy in Brasília, its only one in a Latin American country, and it has plans to build closer ties with Brazil. Its charge d’affaires visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber this Monday.
The sum will be allocated to four projects in Gaza, the West Bank and Jordan, and exceeds year-long donations from the USA. The latter’s government has cut all funding to the United Nations refugee agency.
Patrícia Maria Oliveira Lima will soon take up her post with the Brazilian diplomatic representation in Khartoum. She visited the Arab Chamber.
The director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department for the United States, Canada and Inter-American Affairs, ambassador Ernesto Fraga Araújo, was appointed by Jair Bolsonaro to be the head of Itamaraty.
Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah sent a message conveying his compliments to Jair Bolsonaro on the election.
The deal prevents the levying of income tax on returns on direct investments in both the source and target countries, thereby paving the way to increased flows.
The country’s charge d’affaires in Brasília, Mohammed Khan, visited the Arab Chamber this Friday and detailed investment and business opportunities.
The organization plans to present a study to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on the growth potential of trade between Brazil and the Arab countries.
The signing of a deal covering 17 non-tariff-related issues is expected to happen in December. Tariffs have been lifted under a previous deal entered into by the Andean country and Mercosur.
Three rules will be put in place as of October 21 in the Arab country, including the option to renew visas for additional two-year stays for those who completed their studies locally.
A Moroccan secretary of State convened with the president of the South American bloc’s Parliament in Rabat. She stressed the potential for building closer economic relations.
The ‘Oslo at 25: the Elusive Peace’ forum will take place on October 22-23 at the campus in São Paulo. The event is free of charge and registrations are open.
Syrian-Lebanese sisters Maha and Souad Mamo were the first stateless persons to be recognized as citizens in Brazil, in June of this year.
