S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 This Wednesday (18th) in Bras\u00edlia, the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Fernando Pimentel, received the deputy prime minister of Libya, Omar Abdelkarim. The two discussed a Brazilian business mission to the Arab country. The Libyan also met with the minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lob\u00e3o, to whom he expressed his interest in Brazilian companies\u2019 continuing to operate in his country. <\/p>\n
According to the Development Ministry\u2019s press office, the mission proposal was made by Pimentel, in response to Abdelkarim\u2019s willingness to establish partnerships and raise funds for the reconstruction of Libya. The mission should take place in the second half of the year, and will aim to spot investment and business opportunities for Brazilian companies. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want aid from Brazil to develop our economy,\u201d said the Libyan deputy prime minister according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Development. \u201cDuring the dictatorship period there was no investment in energy, for instance. At 1,700 kilometres long, our coast also boasts great potential for tourism and fisheries,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Pimentel also expressed willingness to increase cooperation. \u201cInfrastructure works aside, we must uncover opportunities for enterprises in other sectors to establish themselves in Libya,\u201d said Pimentel. The two also discussed the possibility of exchange between university students and oil and gas researchers. <\/p>\n
Abdelkarim is in Brazil to attend the Open Government Partnership summit, under which he met with the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff last Tuesday (17th) and said Libya intends to establish closer ties with the West. To Lob\u00e3o, he said he wants Brazilian companies such as Petrobras to go on operating in Libya after the elections, which are scheduled for June. Abdelkarim also invited the minister to pay a visit to his country, which Lob\u00e3o accepted, according to the press office of the Ministry of Mines and Energy.<\/p>\n
Brazilian construction companies already operate in Libya, and the Arab country has capital invested in Brazil. Last year, trade between Brazil and Libya reached US$ 102 million, of which US$ 101 million concerned Brazilian exports. In the first quarter this year, Brazil has exported US$ 88 million to Libya, mostly in foodstuffs.<\/p>\n
*Tradu\u00e7\u00e3o de Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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