{"id":204870,"date":"2018-11-26T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=204870"},"modified":"2018-11-27T20:30:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:30:51","slug":"brazils-ambassador-in-sudan-plans-to-explore-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazils-ambassador-in-sudan-plans-to-explore-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s ambassador in Sudan plans to explore opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil has appointed a new ambassador to Khartoum, Sudan. Patr\u00edcia Maria Oliveira Lima do Nascimento Pedro plans to arrive in the Sudanese capital (picture above)<\/em> between the end of December and beginning of January, as she is holding preparatory meetings before taking up her post. This Friday (23), she visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a>, in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prospects are very positive,\u201d said the diplomat to ANBA. She\u2019s very familiar with Sudan, since she served as minister counsellor at the Brazilian embassy in Khartoum, and is married with Ant\u00f4nio Carlos do Nascimento Pedro, former ambassador, now retired, of Brazil in the African country. \u201cIt is not unfamiliar to me, I really like the country, it is like coming back home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The diplomat worked for two years in Brazil’s embassy in Khartoum in the past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patr\u00edcia pointed out that Brazil and Sudan have good complementary options that might generate businesses and cooperation initiatives. \u201cThere are niches of trade opportunities that are worth being explored,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

As an example, she mentioned the pharmaceutical industry, in which Brazil has experience and Sudan has a demand. \u201cThey used to have a pharmaceutical industry some time ago that disappeared in a bombing of Khartoum and never recovered. To reestablish [this industry] might be a good cooperation partnership,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n

The food security area is another one of these niches. Brazil can be either the supplier of products for human and animal feed or operate in the development of agricultural projects in the Arab country, the latter a role already taken up by the country<\/a> in the past. \u201cProjects like these could serve not only to boost local production, but also to increase productivity and introduce new crops,\u201d said the ambassador.<\/p>\n

She also discussed the sectors of mining, services and cooperation for professional training. \u201cThere could be interesting partnerships in the training area,\u201d she said. The diplomat visited recently the Federal Institute of Bras\u00edlia (IFB, in the Portuguese acronym) to discuss the topic. The institution, an arm of the Ministry of Education, offers free technical training courses.<\/p>\n

To explore the business potential, Patr\u00edcia plans to organize trade missions and B2B meetings between Brazilian and Sudanese entrepreneurs, with the support of organizations such as the Arab Chamber and the Afro Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (Afrochamber). She also plans to increase the knowledge on Sudan in Brazil.<\/p>\n

This will be Patr\u00edcia\u2019s first mission as a resident ambassador, but she already worked in Brazilian diplomatic representations in Kuwait, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chile and Peru, plus Sudan.<\/p>\n

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

Aytug Can Sencar\/Anadolu Agency\/AFP<\/div>\n
Alexandre Rocha\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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