Diplomats will be in Salvador this week for meetings with local and state officials and private sector players. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is supporting the trip.
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Qatar’s ambassador Mohammed Alhayki was awarded the medal Grã-Cruz da Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul, the highest commendation given by the country to foreign nationals.
Mohammed Alhayki is leaving Brazil after a near-six-year stint, and the organization offered a farewell dinner. Bilateral trade increased and grew more diverse during his tenure.
The new consul general to São Paulo, Rudy El Azzi assumed his post in April. There are an estimated four million Lebanese natives and descendants in the city.
So said the Brazilian foreign minister Aloysio Nunes. He also said he is ready to sign a Brazil-Morocco Cooperation and Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Rudy El Azzi took the post of Lebanon’s general consul in São Paulo in April and met with members of the Arab Chamber’s board of directors this Tuesday.
The new Immigration Law went into effect one year ago this week and the government is preparing a project to attract skilled foreign professionals.
The Brazilian Diaspora will descend on the city from May 23 to 25, representing expatriate communities from about 30 different countries, including Lebanon and the UAE.
A ceremony in Brasília remembered the 70th anniversary of the day in which over 700,000 Palestinians were banished or fled their lands with the establishment of the state of Israel.
A conference in Brussels gathered 36 countries and donor organizations, which have committed to donate over USD 3.4 billion next year.
The Brazilian president and Salman Bin Abdulaziz spoke on the phone. Saudi Arabia is Brazil’s leading partner in the Arab world.
The Emirates Diplomatic Academy has registrations open until May 31 to the citizens interested in pursuing a diplomatic career and studying in universities abroad. University of São Paulo (USP) is in the list. A scholarship is included.
The meeting took place this Tuesday. The diplomats go on joint missions often.
Over 170 countries, Brazil among them, committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships, in an agreement signed in London.
