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Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi will be welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff in Brasília. Agenda includes cooperation treaties for technical issues, social and agrarian development, and libraries.

Brazilian ambassador Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo was chosen director general of the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday (7). He defeated the Mexican candidate and will be sworn in on August 31st.

The country’s export and investment promotion agency was among the winners of the United Nations (UN) award. Organisations from Jamaica and Latvia also won.

Over 20 representatives of Arab nations are participating in a course organized by the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation to present the country to the foreigners. Somalia and Yemen mull opening embassies in Brazil.