{"id":201144,"date":"2018-09-18T18:54:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T21:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=201144"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:38:39","slug":"arab-chamber-identifies-business-opportunities-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-chamber-identifies-business-opportunities-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Chamber identifies business opportunities in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Rubens Hannun (6th<\/sup> from left to right, in the picture above), was in Damascus, Syria, from Saturday (15) to Monday (17) and had a series of meetings with local authorities and corporate leadership, aiming to identify opportunities for Brazil in the Arab country\u2019s reconstruction process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many opportunities and they (Syrians) are very open to Brazil,\u201d said Hannun via phone to ANBA. \u201cBrazil is very welcome in Syria\u2019s reconstruction process, is one of the countries that they are open to,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to him, Brazilian companies and organizations can enter the construction sector itself, but also participate in the recovery of infrastructure, cooperation in labor and social programs, the supply of equipment, food products and other goods and technical cooperation.<\/p>\n

To the Arab Chamber\u2019s president, Brazilians can take part in the Arab country\u2019s reconstruction process in a broader sense. \u201cSyrians are open to do a number of deals with Brazil and are very much committed in this sense,\u201d said Hannun.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by the Arab Chamber\u2019s advisor of special projects, Tamer Mansour (1st<\/sup> from left to right, in the picture above)<\/em>, and director Sami Roumieh (4th<\/sup> from left to right)<\/em>, Hannun met the ministers of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, Abdullah Al Gharbi (5th<\/sup> from left to right)<\/em>, of Oil and Mineral Resources, Ali Soulaiman Ghanem, of Health, Nizar Yazigi, of Social Affairs and Labor, Rima Kadri, the deputy minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Rania Khodr Ahmad,\u00a0with the general director of the investments promotion agency, Median Ali Diab, with the president of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce and of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, Mohammad Ghassan Al Qalla, and with local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

He also met the charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of business of Brazil\u2019s embassy in Damascus and visited the Damascus International Fair, which ended on September 15, and where the Arab Chamber and the embassy had a stand for Brazilian exhibiting companies for the second straight year.
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