{"id":196808,"date":"2018-07-02T18:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T21:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=196808"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:59:54","slug":"brazil-kuwait-celebrate-50-years-diplomatic-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-kuwait-celebrate-50-years-diplomatic-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil and Kuwait celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil and Kuwait are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations. According to a statement released by Brazil\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) this weekend, bilateral relations were established in January of 1968.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday (30), officials from both countries held a first meeting of bilateral political consultation (pictured above), in Kuwait City, and issued a joint statement. \u201cBoth countries share a series of principles that govern their foreign policies, such as non-intervention in internal affairs, pacific solution of controversies and the cooperation as an instrument for development,\u201d reads the text.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196802\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kuwaitpolitica2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-196802 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kuwaitpolitica2-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kuwaitpolitica2-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/kuwaitpolitica2.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reem Al-Khaled and Fernando de Abreu exchanging gifts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the statement, bilateral relations strengthened mainly after the 1990s. Recently, Brazil supported Kuwait\u2019s election for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat for the 2018-2019 term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilateral relations hold an important economic component, not only due to the traditional trade flow, but also to the large potential of mutual investments. Trade exchange has fertile grounds to improve,\u201d reads the statement. \u201cBoth sides reiterate the commitment to continue cooperating for the benefit of the people from both countries,\u201d adds the statement.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday\u2019s meeting, Brazil was represented by ambassador Fernando Jos\u00e9 Marroni de Abreu, Itamaraty\u2019s undersecretary-general for Africa and the Middle East, alongside Brazil\u2019s ambassador in Kuwait, Norton Rapesta. The Kuwaiti side was represented by ambassador Reem Al-Khaled, assistant Foreign Minister for the Americas\u2019 Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>According to information from <em>Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)<\/em>, both parties discussed bilateral issues and ways of broadening relations in economic, military, investments, development, scientific research and animal health areas. They also exchanged information on regional and international issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-196801\">Press Release\/Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-196802\">Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o\/Minist\u00e9rio das Rela\u00e7\u00f5es Exteriores do Kuwait<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from both countries met this weekend and reiterated their commitment with bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":196801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[3589,232,536,3590,3586,2773,37953,144,3587,3588],"class_list":{"0":"post-196808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-foreign-affairs","8":"tag-bilateral-consultation","9":"tag-brazil","10":"tag-diplomacy","11":"tag-diplomatic-ties","12":"tag-fernando-de-abreu","13":"tag-itamaraty","14":"tag-itamaraty-en-2","15":"tag-kuwait","16":"tag-norton-rapesta","17":"tag-reem-al-khaled"},"wps_subtitle":"Officials from both countries met this weekend and reiterated their commitment with bilateral cooperation. 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