The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil offered a dinner to welcome diplomats from Morocco, the UAE, Tunisia and Oman, and to acknowledge the former Arab Chamber president Marcelo Sallum.
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A prize for a healthcare app used in the 2016 Olympics was handed to minister Ricardo Barros at the World Government Summit. He also discussed cooperation with local authorities.
Delegates from the Chamber, now under a new administration, convened with Arab diplomats in Brasília and pledged to work on increasing promotion of Arab goods on the Brazilian market.
It is the highest call for humanitarian aid ever made to the benefit of the Arab country. The Yemeni population has endured two years of war and is now faced with the threat of famine.
Geraldo Alckmin convened with Hafsa Abdulla Mohamed Sharif Alulama on Tuesday afternoon (7) for a courtesy meeting. The agenda included possibilities in investment and education.
The organization warns of imminent famine in the African country, where a drought has destroyed crops and killed large numbers of animals.
A one-ton batch containing 44,000 pharmaceutical items has been shipped to the Middle East to help victims of the conflict in Syria. The shipment is now en route to the Arab country on board a Brazilian Navy ship.
It’s the amount needed to be able to offer humanitarian aid to people displaced by the conflict in Syria and to the neighboring countries.
Camilo Santana was in Oman, where he visited the Sohar Port, and in the United Arab Emirates, where he got to know the world’s largest desalinization plant in Dubai.
The United States partially lifted the trade embargo placed on the Arab country in 1997. To Khalid Mustafa, counsellor of the Sudanese embassy in Brasília, the end of sanctions could increase trade and investment flows with Brazil.
Camilo Santana will visit the Port of Sohar, in Oman, and a desalination plant at the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai. The purpose of the trip is to get to know operations that could be adopted by the Brazilian state.
Brazilian government sent BRL 1.2 million (USD 367,200) for the purchase of food in the Arab country, South Sudan and Haiti. The funds come from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC).
A decree signed by city mayor Fernando Haddad outlines measures to be put in place by municipal secretariats to improve foreigners’ lives. Nine different secretariats will be involved.
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution on the matter by unanimous decision. Observers will be shipped to the Syrian city.
