S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Libya wants Brazil\u2019s cooperation in various fields ranging from oil to agriculture. The Arab country also wants to attract more Brazilian companies to operating in its territory. These were some of the matters discussed by the Brazilian federal representative Adrian Mussi, president of the Brazil-Libya Parliamentary Association (Frente Parlamentar Brasil-L\u00edbia), who visited Tripoli last week and had meetings with the country\u2019s president, Mohamed Magariaf, ministers and parliament officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cLibya wants to open up its market to Brazilian companies. We discussed the participation of Brazilian companies in the ongoing transitional phase in Libya, and the possibility of Petrobras eventually increasing its presence there,\u201d says Mussi. \u201cRight now there are three companies, Odebrecht, Queiroz Galv\u00e3o and Andrade Gutierrez, with contracts on standby there. We also discussed the resumption of work by these companies in the country,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
Besides Magariaf, the talks on Brazilian companies also involved the Libyan minister of Economy, Mustafa Abu Fannas, and the minister of Oil, Abdel Alroussi. According to the Brazilian representative, Libya \u201cis interested in partnerships for agriculture, tourism, training to young people, culture, and sports.\u201d \u201cThe minister of Sports [Adbul Salam Ghoela] asked us to bring a Brazilian football team over so we can start our work together,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Mussi says he will submit a report on his trip to Brazil\u2019s president Dilma Rousseff, in which he will discuss offering aid to Libya by means of technicians from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and the Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur). \u201cThey need to exchange experiences,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
The representative explains that the Brazil-Libya Parliamentary Association was created during the term in office of former president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, but had been deactivated. Through Mussi\u2019s own initiative, the association was re-established last year with more than 200 signatures. Mussi travelled by invitation of the Libyan Parliament. <\/p>\n
According to Mussi, the visit was a means for offering Brazil\u2019s support to the political transition which has been underway in Libya since the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, killed in October 2011. <\/p>\n
He explains that late last year, members of the Libyan National Transitional Council visited Rio de Janeiro and Bras\u00edlia, but this was the first trip of a Brazilian representative to the Arab country since the revolution. Mussi says he will speak to president Dilma so that she will receive Libyan government officials next year. <\/p>\n
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