{"id":148529,"date":"2018-04-02T19:53:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T21:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=148529"},"modified":"2018-04-02T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:13:57","slug":"temer-ties-arabs-mature-outlive-administrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/temer-ties-arabs-mature-outlive-administrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Temer: ties with Arabs are mature, outlive administrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 This Monday (02), president Michel Temer has said that Brazil has \u201cmature relations\u201d with the Arab countries, which \u201ctranscends different administrations.\u201d \u201cWe have strong human connections, a fluid political dialogue and solid economic relations,\u201d he stated during the Brazil-Arab Countries Economic Forum \u2013 Building the Future, organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> at Hotel Unique, in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

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‘We have strong human connections’, said Temer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The son of Lebanese immigrants, Temer remarked that to talk about the strengthening of Brazil\u2019s ties with the Arab countries is \u201cnatural\u201d to him. \u201cMay the discussions here help to build, as stated by the forum\u2019s theme, the future of Brazil\u2019s relations with the Arab countries,\u201d he declared. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely convinced that this future will be auspicious since the present is vigorous and dynamic. Our relations are prosperous but will be even more after this event,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The president recalled that his administration\u2019s Foreign minister, Aloysio Nunes, recently visited the Middle East and advised Temer to also go to the region. \u201cHe said to me: you will see that the investments will come quicker. So, not trying to hint anything to the ambassadors, if I get an invitation, I will soon go to the Middle East,\u201d he said, addressing the many diplomats from Arab countries in the audience.<\/p>\n

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Temer greets Rubens Hannun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Temer reinforced that the Arabs have in Brazil a \u201creliable partner\u201d and mentioned, as an example, food security. The country is a major supplier of food products to the region. He added that this partnership goes beyond trade and that Mercosur is negotiating free trade agreements with Jordan and Lebanon, and that it has resumed negotiations that were stalled with Morocco and Tunisia. \u201cWe wish to increase trade and investments,\u201d said the president.<\/p>\n

Strategic partnership <\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon welcoming Temer to the event, the Arab Chamber\u2019s president, Rubens Hannun, thanked him for attending and remarked that the Arab countries accounted for 10% of the record surplus recorded by Brazil in 2017. \u201cThe Arab countries must be recognized as strategic for foreign trade and generation of revenues to Brazil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The president was joined by three ministers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hannun added that the relations with the region must be considered a priority and argued for the negotiation of new agreements, for instance, in the investments area.<\/p>\n

Temer, in turn, said that Brazil escaped from a two-year recession period and that the country \u201cis here to stay.\u201d \u201cInvest in Brazil because it\u2019s worth it, we will grow even more,\u201d he told the Arab entrepreneurs in attendance. The president said that Brazil is a \u201cpeace and dialogue\u201d country. \u201cAnd out of this stance we have acted in the Middle East and North Africa,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

In this sense, the Union of Arab Chamber\u2019s president, Nael Kabariti, thanked the support given by Brazil to the Arab causes, especially the independence of Palestine. \u201cI would like to thank and to speak to the Arab world to invite it to invest in Brazil,\u201d he stated. \u201cOur markets are open to you (Brazilians), as well as our hearts,\u201d he concluded. The Union is one of the main corporate organizations of the Arab countries, and the Arab Brazilian Chamber is a member.<\/p>\n

Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani<\/strong><\/p>\n

S\u00e9rgio Tomisaki\/ANBA<\/div>\n
S\u00e9rgio Tomisaki\/ANBA<\/div>\n
S\u00e9rgio Tomisaki\/ANBA<\/div>\n
S\u00e9rgio Tomisaki\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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