{"id":382976,"date":"2025-02-19T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=382976"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:58:43","slug":"kuwait-celebrates-ties-with-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/kuwait-celebrates-ties-with-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait celebrates ties with Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 In a ceremony held on Wednesday (19) in Bras\u00edlia to celebrate the 64<sup>th<\/sup> National Day of Kuwait, the ambassador of the Gulf country, Talal Rashed Almansour, said Kuwait aims to expand economic and trade cooperation with Brazil, a country with which it has maintained bilateral relations for 57 years. Also celebrating these ties with the Latin American giant, he mentioned opportunities for investment in Brazil\u2019s renewable energy, infrastructure, and food security.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-1024x883.jpeg\" alt=\"The Secretary-General of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber, Mohamad Mourad (R, alongside Arab diplomats), attended the event\" class=\"wp-image-382956\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-1024x883.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-600x518.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-150x129.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-768x663.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-450x388.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1-1200x1035.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-13.30.05-1.jpeg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Secretary-General of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber, Mohamad Mourad (R, alongside Arab diplomats), attended the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to information released by the embassy\u2019s press office, Almansour\u2019s statements were made on Wednesday morning at a meeting that gathered representatives from the Brazilian government and Congress, as well as heads of diplomatic missions in Bras\u00edlia, and the Vice President of International Relations &amp; Secretary-General of the <strong>Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccab.org.br\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABCC<\/a>) Mohamad Mourad. This date also marks the 34<sup>th<\/sup> Liberation Day of Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example of the increased trade between the two countries, Almansour mentioned the rise in trade volume in 2024, which was double that of 2023, reaching USD 985.09 million. Brazil exported USD 404.7 million and imported USD 580.4 million, resulting in a trade surplus of USD 175.5 million for Kuwait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his speech, Almansour emphasized Kuwait\u2019s efforts to maintain a balanced foreign policy that represents the principles of the United Nations and fosters international cooperation. He also took the opportunity to wish Brazil success in its current presidency of the BRICS, a group formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. He further wished the country \u201csuccess\u201d in hosting the COP30 U.N. climate summit, which will take place in November in Bel\u00e9m, Par\u00e1 state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more:<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-kuwait-plan-to-expand-trade-exchanges\/\">Brazil, Kuwait plan to expand trade exchanges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/brasil-e-kuwait-projetam-ampliar-trocas-comerciais\/\"><br><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-382962\">Supplied\/Kuwait Embassy in Brazil<\/div><div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-382956\">Supplied\/Kuwait Embassy in Brazil<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the National Day and bilateral relations, the ambassador of the Gulf country, Talal Rashed Almansour, says the two nations could expand economic cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":382962,"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],"tags":[48478,9774,9534,10245,36658,11627],"class_list":{"0":"post-382976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-foreign-affairs","8":"tag-arab-brazilian-chamber-of-commerce-2","9":"tag-brasilia-en","10":"tag-brazil-en","11":"tag-brics-en","12":"tag-cop30-en","13":"tag-kuwait-ar"},"wps_subtitle":"In celebration of the National Day and bilateral relations, the ambassador of the Gulf country, Talal Rashed Almansour, says the two nations could expand economic cooperation.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382976","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\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}