{"id":359337,"date":"2024-03-07T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/arab-ambassador-suggests-further-cooperation-with-jbs\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T14:33:54","slug":"arab-ambassador-suggests-further-cooperation-with-jbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-ambassador-suggests-further-cooperation-with-jbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab ambassador suggests further cooperation with JBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goi\u00e2nia \u2013 Following a visit to a JBS\u2019s 100-percent halal beef production plant in Goi\u00e2nia, Brazil, Council of Arab Ambassadors dean and Palestine\u2019s ambassador to Brazil Ibrahim Alzeben told ANBA there are opportunities for the company to further expand its presence in the Middle East and North Africa countries. \u201cWe hope that the rapprochement following this visit can open new horizons for a greater exchange with the Arab world, providing the opportunity to create more plants in Arab countries,\u201d he said. The company currently has operations in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. <em>(Pictured, the delegation before visiting the company\u2019s facilities.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The diplomats were received by JBS Brasil New Markets executive manager M\u00e1rcio Rodrigues, who said the firm is always looking out for market opportunities everywhere, pointing out the Arab countries are major for the company, which is the world\u2019s largest beef and poultry producer. He also said it was \u201can honor\u201d to receive the Arab diplomats and present the production processes to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) International Relations Vice President Mohamad Mourad was also at the visit. He said the plant is a \u201ccalling card\u201d for importers due to the attention it pays to origin, production, procedures, and hygiene. \u201cFor the ambassadors present, it was important not just for presenting the attention with halal but also because they show [the company] interest in acquiring halal goods from Brazil. It\u2019s a major opportunity for JBS to explore the foreign market and the Muslim community in the domestic market as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the diplomats went through the beef stock and deboning departments and watched a lecture on the company and its brands.<\/p>\n<p>The official visit to the state of Goi\u00e1s features ABCC CEO &amp; secretary-general Tamer Mansour and, in addition to Alzeben, the following diplomats: Qais Marouf Kheiro Shqair, ambassador of the Arab League to Brazil; Ahmad Mohammed A. M. Al Shebani, of Qatar; Osama Ibrahim Ayad Sawan, of Libya; Mai Taha Khalil, of Egypt; Abdoulaye Idrissa Wagne, of Mauritania; and Maen Masadeh, of Jordan; Algeria charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires Emira Assia Dali; Algeria\u2019s Emira Assia Dali; Sudan\u2019s Mohammed Elrashed Sidahmed Mohammed; and Iraq&#8217;s consul Ali Majid Jasim Al-Obaidi. The official visit also includes Fares Mohamed Naklah, advisor at the Palestinian embassy in Brazil, and ABCC Institutional Relations advisor Bassel Abou Latif.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The journalist traveled by the invitation of JBS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by<\/strong><strong> Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diplomats were at a 100-percent halal production plant in Goi\u00e2nia, Brazil. 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