By John Lee. A Brazilian delegation headed by Undersecretary of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry Mr. Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto visited Iraq from 15th to 18th December. The delegation met with both the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, and the Trade Minister, Mr. Khairallah Babiker. The delegation held meetings for the period from 16 - […]
AKnews reports that Iraq is ready to supply crude oil to Brazil following the increase in oil production in recent months. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani, met with the a Brazilian delegation to discuss ways to improve political and economic relations between the two countries, especially in the energy sector. The Brazillian side […]
Brazil is to re-open its embassy in Baghdad this month 21 years after it was closed, Agencia Brasil, the Brazilian official news agency, reported on Tuesday. The country closed its embassy in Iraq in 1991 following the Iraq-Kuwait conflict, which put the diplomats in that country under risks. Even though for a long time there […]
Iraq wants Brazilian state-run energy company Petrobras to help the country increase its refining capacity, Iraq's vice prime minister for energy policy, Hussain Al-Shahristani, told Brazilian business daily Valor Economico. "Companies from China, South Korea and Europe are interested, but we would also like to have Petrobras involved because of its importance." Dow Jones reports […]
