The Economic and Social Development Council will have partnerships with Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to exchange experiences and promote representative exchange.
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The intention was expressed by the new country’s vice president, Riek Machar, to the Brazilian Foreign Relations minister, Antonio Patriota. The UN recognized the African nation as its 193rd member.
OECD survey shows that the number of Brazilians moving legally to developed nations has dropped by nearly half from 2006 to 2009, and reached 53,500.
The former president and his team decided to await the result of the coming elections in both nations to promote the visits. The trip to North Africa was scheduled for next week.
The sixth round of negotiation for a free trade treaty ended this Friday. The next meeting of representatives of the two blocs is scheduled for November.
The South of the country will become independent on Saturday (9), but it is still essential to agree, with the northern neighbour, where Abyei region will go and how oil revenues will be shared.
Foreign Ministry survey shows there are 3.1 million Brazilians living abroad, being 20,622 in the Arab world. The countries in the region that receive the most Brazilians are Lebanon and Palestine.
The former president will be in the Arab country next Tuesday. He will take part in a forum turned to opportunities created after the downfall of the dictator Hosni Mubarak.
The former Brazilian president participated on Thursday in the 17th African Union Summit. ‘Brazil’s availability to cooperate with the development of [African] infrastructure is complete,’ he said.
The former president will head the Brazilian delegation to observe the African Union’s Summit, in Equatorial Guinea. He plans to point out opportunities for Brazil-Africa integration.
Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, a diplomat from the Arab country, will head the 66th Assembly General of the United Nations starting in September. He will replace the Swiss Joseph Deiss.
The organization’s reform, unstable food prices and biofuel production were some of the issues touched on by the new director-general during his first press conference.
The former minister received 92 votes of a total of 180 nations voting. Graziano will be in office from January 2012 to July 2015. This is the first time a Brazilian is nominated director general.
The partnership is already in progress. The agreement was signed by the ambassador of Palestine to Brazilian capital Brasília, Ibrahim Azeben, and the mayor of Foz do Iguaçu, Paulo Mac Donald Ghisi.
