{"id":306612,"date":"2022-02-04T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=306612"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:11:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T15:11:16","slug":"arab-brazilian-chamber-strengthening-ties-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-brazilian-chamber-strengthening-ties-in-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Brazilian Chamber strengthening ties in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) is working for strengthening relations with Kuwait. For this purpose, ABCC secretary-general Tamer Mansour and regional advisor for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Iraq and Yemen Shaheen Ali Shaheen are on a mission to the country this week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306651\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kdipa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-306651 \" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kdipa-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kdipa-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/kdipa.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mansour and Shaheen met with Mohamed Youssef Yaqoub, assistant director of KDIPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the meetings were held with Rabah Abdel Rahman Al Rabah, director-general of the <strong>Kuwait<\/strong> Chamber of Commerce and Industry (<em>pictured above<\/em>). \u201cWe discussed making a common agenda for 2022. We started by inviting them to the Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries and holding a business mission to Kuwait in the second half of the year,\u201d Mansour said. The ABCC will hold in July, when it turns 70, a special edition of the Economic Forum Brazil &amp; Arab Countries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306598\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.30.19.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-306598\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.30.19-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.30.19-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.30.19-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.30.19.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The executives also met with ambassador Sami Al Hamad, director of the Americas of Kuwait\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the first visit of ABCC executives to Kuwait since the pandemic broke out. On the occasion, other topics discussed included how Brazil can cooperate with Kuwait\u2019s <strong>food security<\/strong>, as well as how to boost <strong>investments<\/strong> in both countries. The executives of the Brazilian institution also discussed cultural activities with Kuwait\u2019s Council for Culture, Arts and Letters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306605\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.33.44.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-306605 \" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.33.44-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.33.44-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.33.44-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-04-at-11.33.44.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mission also included a meeting with Bader Al Darwish and Mohammad bin Redha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ABCC\u2019s secretary-general and advisor also met with Bader Al Darwish, deputy secretary-general of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, as well as Mohammad bin Redha, Cultural International Relations director. Topics discussed included activities between Kuwait and the ABCC\u2019s cultural branch, the Arab House. \u201cWe discussed how to hold joint and virtual activities within the Arab House. And extended an invitation in person for them to join the celebration of the 70<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Chamber next July,\u201d Mansour finished.<\/p>\n<p>Mansour and Shaheen also met with Mohamed Youssef Mulla Yaqoub, assistant director of Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA). \u201cWe talked about the importance of boosting investment relations between both countries and what are the opportunities in Kuwait and Brazil,\u201d Mansour said. The executives also met with ambassador Sami Al Hamad, director of the Americas of Kuwait\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-306651\">Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-306598\">Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-306605\">Supplied<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executives are on a mission to the GCC country this week. Meetings addressed the rapprochement with Brazil in sectors like investments and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":306585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,114,3066],"tags":[10539,3299,16342,14865,1825,9829,10199,13553,37599,37601,9600,27347,13926,17454],"class_list":{"0":"post-306612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-foreign-affairs","8":"category-news","9":"category-society","10":"tag-business-en","11":"tag-arab-culture","12":"tag-arab-house","13":"tag-cultura-arabe-en","14":"tag-culture","15":"tag-food-security-en","16":"tag-foreign-direct-investment","17":"tag-forum-en","18":"tag-forum-en-2","19":"tag-investimento-estrangeiro-direto-en","20":"tag-kuwait-en-2","21":"tag-missao-en","22":"tag-mission-en","23":"tag-negocios-ar"},"wps_subtitle":"Executives are on a mission to the GCC country this week. 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