{"id":359332,"date":"2024-03-05T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T19:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/ambassador-fosters-foz-do-iguacu-jordan-partnership\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T14:33:54","slug":"ambassador-fosters-foz-do-iguacu-jordan-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/ambassador-fosters-foz-do-iguacu-jordan-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador fosters Foz do Igua\u00e7u-Jordan partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Following a week of meetings and visits in Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Paran\u00e1 state, in late February, the ambassador from Jordan to Brazil, Maen Masadeh, told ANBA he believes there is room to further the partnership between his country and the Brazilian city, which is famous for tourism and holds a large number of Arab immigrants and descendants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343625\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jordania-embaixador-e-chico-brasileiro-600x400.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-343625\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jordania-embaixador-e-chico-brasileiro-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mayor (L) had a meeting with ambassador (R)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Masadeh met with the Jordanian and other Arab communities, visited the hydroelectric dam, where he was welcomed by Financial Director Andr\u00e9 Pepitone <em>(pictured above, L),<\/em> and met with Mayor Chico Brasileiro (PSD), with whom he signed a sister-city agreement between Petra, Jordan, and Foz do Igua\u00e7u. The Jordanian city is also sister to Rio de Janeiro since a protocol was signed in 2017, the ambassador pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my meeting with Mr. Brasileiro, we have outlined several projects that could be implemented as a starting point of our extended vision for bilateral cooperation. There are many opportunities for bilateral investments starting with tourism and energy, when we have one of the largest sources of hydro energy in the world,\u201d said the diplomat, referring to the Itaipu Dam, which produces hydroelectric energy in a binational undertaking run by Brazil and Paraguay. Foz do Igua\u00e7u borders Argentina and Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador added to ANBA that the agreement signed between Foz and Petra opens doors for cultural and economic cooperation and student exchange. \u201cIt should also be noted that our Jordanian and Arab communities do serve as a bridge forwards a closer relationship we are building on the shared culture, traditions and habits we have in common,\u201d he said. The trip was supported by the <strong>Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC).<\/p>\n<p>Masadeh also pointed out that the agreement comes in a moment when Brazil and Jordan celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations. \u201cThis gives new impetus to Jordan-Brazil distinguished relations which are supported by the wise leadership of both countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translation by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following his visit to the city, Maen Masadeh says that further progress is possible in areas such as tourism, energy, culture and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2317,"featured_media":358496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46555,106],"tags":[32963,3087,48059,9543,232,45363,45331,34630,2214,9547,24571,28904,48060,497,13339,16481,17649,10969,8017,8014],"class_list":{"0":"post-359332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diplomacy","8":"category-foreign-affairs","9":"tag-acordo-en","10":"tag-agreement","11":"tag-ambassadur","12":"tag-brasil-en","13":"tag-brazil","14":"tag-communities","15":"tag-comunidades","16":"tag-cooperacao-en","17":"tag-cooperation","18":"tag-embaixador-en","19":"tag-foz-do-iguacu-en","20":"tag-itaipu-binacional-en","21":"tag-itaipu-dam","22":"tag-jordan","23":"tag-jordania-en","24":"tag-parceria","25":"tag-partnership","26":"tag-petra-en","27":"tag-projects","28":"tag-projetos"},"wps_subtitle":"Following his visit to the city, Maen Masadeh says that further progress is possible in areas such as tourism, energy, culture and education.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}