In her opening speech at the 70th United Nations General Assembly, Dilma Rousseff stated that Brazil is a ‘welcoming country’ and spoke for the establishment of a Palestinian State.
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Validity of the document that attests to legal status of foreigners has been extended from two to five years.
Sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030 have been approved by the 193 United Nations member countries. Seventeen goals have been set.
The court at The Hague rejected Chile’s appeal that questioned the court’s jurisdiction to hear the case.
Brazilian government expressed ‘its deepest regret’ to the tragedy that resulted in at least 717 people dead during the ritual of the annual pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca.
National Committee for Refugees (Conare) approved the extension of special regime for two more years. More than two thousand Syrians received asylum from Brazil.
According to the United Nations undersecretary general, nations in the region are overwhelmed by refugee influx and require more financial aid.
Heightening exports and imports was the topic of meetings between the Brazilian foreign minister Mauro Vieira and local authorities in his visit to Lebanon.
Rula Maayaa Albandak, Palestine’s minister of Tourism, will visit the country this month to promote Palestine’s main destinations to businessmen and authorities from the sector. She will also attend a fair in São Paulo.
Mauro Vieira will go through an official schedule in the Arab country. This Monday, he took part in a ceremony with Navy officers that rescued refugees in the Mediterranean Sea.
Roberto Abdalla takes office as Brazilian ambassador in Doha on September 23rd, tasked with taking relations between the two nations to a new level. A Qatari mission is set to arrive in Brazil in November.
The Summit of South American-Arab Countries will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in November. The Arab League asked for the support of the Arab Chamber in talks with the private sector.
The goal is to promote closer ties between the countries’ legislative powers. The same project will be developed with Georgia.
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice is holding a meeting to discuss solutions for peace between Israel and Palestine from Thursday (27th) to Sunday (30th) in São Paulo and Rio.
