Applied Economic Research Institute report points out the challenges and opportunities in relations between the two countries shortly before president Dilma Rousseff’s visit to the Asian country.
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The diplomats met with state governor Antonio Anastasia, with Belo Horizonte mayor Márcio Lacerda, and with entrepreneurs. The aim is to promote greater integration with the state.
The organisation ruled that some anti-dumping practices imposed by the United States on Brazilian orange juice violate the rules of international trade.
The president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber and other personalities received medals from Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota at an event at the Library and Centre of South American and Arab Research.
Brazilian Foreign minister Antonio Patriota said the US government has significantly changed its position regarding reform of multilateral organisations, especially the UN Security Council.
In ceremony at Mount Lebanon Club, the former Brazilian president criticised military action in Libya and defended dialogue. He pointed out his government’s ‘solid’ relations with the Arab world.
The International Labour Organization highlighted the efforts made over the last few days by the new Egyptian authorities to ensure freedom in the labour market.
At a forum organized by the Al Jazeera Channel in Qatar, former Brazilian president called for rotating leaders and claimed that ‘the people, not the rulers, are the driving force of transformation.’
The former Brazilian president should be one of the main speakers at a forum promoted by the television channel from Doha, Qatar. The theme is ‘The Arab world in transition: Has the future arrived?’.
The countries plan to cooperate in preparation of the World Cup. Brazil should receive the dispute in 2014 and Qatar in 2022. The agreement may open doors for Brazilian building companies.
The Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota will be in Doha, Qatar, this Wednesday. He will attend meetings with the country’s emir and prime minister.
The Brazilian vice-president, Michel Temer, met with the Arab Brazilian Chamber president, Salim Schahin, this week. They discussed the establishment of closer ties between Brazil and the Arab world.
The objective of the new Foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, is to diversify partnerships abroad. One of the regions chosen is the Islamic world, of which the Arab world is part.
Affonso Celso de Ouro Preto, extraordinary ambassador of Brazil to the Middle East until 2010, said that Arabs are friends to Brazil and therefore the countries will not lose ties, despite changes.
