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The Brazilian Cooperation Agency’s Humanitarian Cooperation general coordinator José Solla visited Brazil’s Syrian Sports Club, where he signed an agreement for the government to collect and send medicine donations by plane to the Arab country hit by earthquakes in February. The emergency campaign Together for Syria is still accepting donations.

In a speech, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, highlighted the work needed for the country to regain its leading role in the international community and spoke about the resumption of relations with Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa.

The diplomat, who worked as secretary-general of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Brazil’s ambassador to Quito during the Ecuador-Peru peace talks, took office as president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, 22. His main challenges include moving forward with the modernization of the institution and increasing trade with Arab countries.

During a video conference on Tuesday (2), Brazil’s and Egypt’s Foreign Ministers discussed the Mercosur-Egypt agreement, ways to encourage more cooperation between the public and private sectors in both countries, and other issues.