Qatar is interested in investing in hotels in the Brazilian capital, which is now a sister city of Doha’s. The Federal District governor Agnelo Queiroz has travelled to the Gulf country.
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Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, also the United Arab Emirates prime minister and vice president, is travelling to Brasília in April as part of a tour of South America.
The United Nations agency’s regional conference will take place from February 24th to 28th. One of the pressing matters in the agenda is scarcity of water resources.
The country wants to determine whether the new Farm Bill passed by the United States Senate is in accordance with international trade regulations.
In the African country, as per UN estimates, 857,000 people are in “crisis” and “emergency” situations when it comes to nutrition.
Economics and the Syrian crisis were among the topics discussed at the meeting held in Washington.
The UN and Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi met this Monday with delegates from the Syrian opposition and government, in Geneva.
Meeting with Brazil’s Michel Temer was also attended by the Kuwaiti ambassador in Brazil. They discussed potential investment ventures and investment protection agreements, and an eventual visit to Saudi.
Meeting named Geneva 2 gathered representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition until this Friday, however the conflict continues. ‘But it’s a start,’ said the mediator Lakhdar Brahimi.
The country was elected to lead the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission in 2014. The commission helps security and political recovery in post-conflict countries.
The country signed a partnership with FAO to promote agriculture and veterinary research in Angola. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation will train researchers in the African nation.
The UN agency needs the amount to help about 440,000 Palestine refugees victims of the conflict in the country as well as those sheltered in neighboring nations.
The United Nations launched the International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People this Thursday (16). The entity hopes it will lead to peace in the region.
At the conference in Kuwait, countries commit to donating resources for the victims of the Syrian civil war. Brazil is donating US$ 300,000.
