The statement was made by the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Rome, Italy, today (16th), during the opening of the World Summit on Food Security.

In the year-to-date period ended September, the company posted revenues of US$ 245.4 million. The shoe manufacturer sells to several Arab countries, including Kuwait, Algeria, Egypt and Syria.

The Arab country’s diplomat in Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben, earned a Medal of Legislative Merit from the Chamber of Representatives for his work to bring the Arab and Brazilian peoples closer together.

The samples of safety shoes manufacturer Bompel, from the state of Paraná, are attracting attention at the Brazilian stand in the DBX Sulaimaniyah International Tradeshow, in Kurdistan.

Exhibition brings The Little Prince and the career of its author, the French Antonie de Saint-Exupéry, to São Paulo. The author-poet used Arab references to create his best-known book.

Rio de Janeiro – The drilling of one more oil well in Tupi field – the fourth drilled in the largest field ever discovered in the pre-salt layer by Petrobras has confirmed the Brazilian state-owned company’s estimated potential for exploration of 5 to 8 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas at the reservoir

The region, in north Iraq, has US$ 30 billion in infrastructure works scheduled for the next five years. The Arab Brazilian Chamber signed a deal with a local organization to increase trade.