S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The cities of Rio de Janeiro and Casablanca, in Morocco, have become sister cities and should promote joint actions for cultural, economic and tourist cooperation. \u201cTwo delegations, one Brazilian and one Moroccan, have started discussing the cooperation," explained Mohamed Louafa, the ambassador of Morocco to Bras\u00edlia. \u201cThis kind of agreement is important to improve relations between Brazil and Morocco," he said.<\/p>\n
The cities have become sisters due to laws signed by the city halls of both cities. In Rio, the law was approved in April this year, by mayor Eduardo Paes. The initiative of connecting both cities came from a project by alderman Andrea Gouv\u00eaa Vieira, who is connected to the Brazil-Morocco Friendship and Cooperation Association (AACBM), an organisation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro that is presided by plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy. According to Andrea, the agreement \u201cseeks what is of common interest between both cities to boost their relations".<\/p>\n
According to Jos\u00e9 Francisco Gouv\u00eaa Vieira, honorary consul of Morocco in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian city is promoting the Week of Morocco in Brazil, with an event at the City Palace, in which the mayor of Casablanca should be invited to receive the key of Rio de Janeiro. The mayor of S\u00e3o Paulo should also travel to Casablanca to receive the key of the city. The week of events, to start activities like gastronomic festivals, art exhibitions and a fashion pageant, should also be extended to the cities of Bel\u00e9m and Manaus, where the first Moroccan immigrants arrived in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are considering organising a delegation by the Fiesp (the Federation of Industries of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo) and the Firjan (Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro) to Morocco and then bringing a delegation of businessmen from Morocco here," said Vieira in an interview to ANBA. Among the other activities that are being planned, the consul also mentioned the establishment of a Moroccan cultural centre in Rio de Janeiro and the return of a direct flight between both countries that, possibly, could be operated by a Brazilian company.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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