São Paulo – The new consul-general from the United Arab Emirates to São Paulo is Abdalla Shaheen. The diplomat took up the post last December. He visited the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in São Paulo on Tuesday (24). Pictured above, Shaheen and ABCC president Osmar Chohfi.
On the occasion, Shaheen and George Ramos, an economic researcher at the Consulate of the United Arab Emirates in São Paulo, were welcomed by Chohfi, as well as ABCC Institutional Relations director Fernanda Baltazar and secretary-general & CEO Tamer Mansour.
During the meeting, the consul learned about the projects the ABCC has developed like the Ellos Platform, which uses blockchain and the Arab House, the institution’s cultural arm. The executives discussed possible joint actions in these and other areas.
Abdalla Shaheen stressed he intends to lend a lot of weight to sectors such as culture and economy in the consulate. In a statement, the diplomat also explained he aims to work with Brazilian and Emirati artists, scholars, writers and musicians to boost cultural interchange. Other goals include providing a high-level support to UAE citizens in the state of São Paulo, as well as intensifying political, cultural and economic ties between the regions.
Among other posts, Shaheen acted as the UAE consul-general to New York, where he worked to foster bilateral relations between the Arab country and the US, and while there he focused on economic growth and cultural interchange, too.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
