Agreements were also reached in air travel \u2013 nonstop flights are already available from Qatar Airways \u2013, as well as memorandums of understanding for cooperation in healthcare, large-scale events \u2013 Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and Qatar is hosting it in 2022 \u2013, diplomatic academies, and defense affairs.<\/p>\n
One last document concerns exchange in R&D, logistics support, military medicine and the supply of defense products and services, among other aspects of the latter industry.<\/p>\n
Regarding his meetings with Qatari authorities, Bolsonaro said that just like in the countries he visited before \u2013 he\u2019s been to Japan and China \u2013, there\u2019s an interest in increasing and diversifying business.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe already have something going on with the KC-390 (an Embraer military transportation aircraft), which is really successful around the world. Defense is [on the agenda] again. There\u2019s a repetition and an expansion of the questions we have dealt with so far [during the trip],\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
Food security<\/strong><\/p>\n Another key topic was food security and the attraction of investments into Brazil\u2019s food. \u201cIn the region\u2019s countries, even China and Japan, [the UAE], and surely tomorrow (29) in Saudi Arabia, food security is the point that interests all of us the most. And Brazil has the capacity to provide this food security to many countries around the world,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n During the evening, in Saudi Arabia\u2019s capital Riyadh, he spoke on the subject again. \u201cBrazil is an important country in the world. Many around these parts are looking into the question of food security. We have it. We need to expand our agribusiness \u2013 we use just over 8% of our territory for agriculture. Brazil is the world leader in it and we are going to give it a boost,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Bolsonaro said he\u2019ll sit down with Saudi authorities to discuss the resumption of chicken product exports from Brazilian suppliers whose sales were put on hold by the Arab country last January<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest markets for poultry from Brazil. \u201cThe message I\u2019m going to bring is to ask them to consider increasing their imports, or resuming them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The president believes there\u2019s a chance that Brazil and Saudi Arabia will enter into even more agreements regarding agriculture. \u201cYes, the expectation is there. [Brazilian Agriculture minister] Tereza Cristina is doing a great job, she\u2019s a giant in this field. There are almost 70 billion people more in the world each year, so there is a market for the food issue,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n Bolsonaro also believes there\u2019s a possibility investors might get into infrastructure in Brazil. \u201cEvery country is interested in making infrastructure investments,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are here to do business, our concern is with the economy. That\u2019s our main focus.\u201d<\/p>\n He also expects Arab investors to bid in the upcoming November 6 pre-salt auction. \u201cThey will likely be present at this mega auction. China will probably be present as well. I believe the entire world will be interested in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In Doha, apart from meeting with Qatar\u2019s emir Tamin Bin Hamad Al Thani and his cabinet, Bolsonaro sat on the panel \u201cPerspectives on Brazil\u2019s Macroeconomic Scenario and Business Environment.\u201d<\/strong> He also paid a visit to the Al Janoub soccer arena. In the photo at the beginning of this story, Qatar\u2019s emir accepts a Flamengo jersey from Bolsonaro.<\/em><\/p>\n Soccer <\/strong><\/p>\n Before the World Cup, Qatar is set to host the FIFA Club World Cup next December. \u201cThe architecture is amazing. The details they worked out here, the accommodations, the warm-up area, the whole arena, the comfort,\u201d he said while touring the venue. \u201cI\u2019m also here to see the site of the grand finals between Flamengo and Liverpool. I won\u2019 won\u2019t be here for it, i can\u2019t make it, but I\u2019ll be cheering on,\u201d he said, betting that the Brazilian and British teams will make their way to the finals.<\/p>\n He also said he\u2019d like to see Brazil in the 2022 World Cup finals. \u201cThat would be great, wouldn\u2019t it? I think it\u2019s time for Brazil to regain the status it always had in the soccer scene. We believe our past defeats will enable us to better prepare ourselves, and to evolve with our soccer as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Before leaving Abu Dhabi, UAE this Monday morning, Bolsonaro gave an interview to the Emirates News Agency<\/em> (WAM<\/em><\/a>). He said\u00a0 \u201cBrazil is an Arab country<\/a>,\u201d in that many Brazilians are descendants of Arabs. He touched on the subject again at the arena in Doha.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a way of showing the Arab world \u2013 unlike what was preached during my [2018 election] pre-campaign and campaign \u2013 that I have no enmities. They\u2019d say that I\u2019m really close with the Jews. That\u2019s true, but I\u2019m also close with the Arabs,\u201d he said. \u201cSoccer unites peoples, races, religions, everyone. That\u2019s why I\u2019m wearing the Qatar jersey, and we obviously know that Qatar is really evolving \u2013 maybe it\u2019s too early to talk about Qatar in the [World Cup] finals, but [the country] will rise to prominence in the future, judging from how they behave here, with lots of professionalism, their soccer,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jos\u00e9-Dias-300x200.jpg\")
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