Nelson Motta
Reporter - Agencia Brasil

Brasilia – The possibility of producing medicine for the poorest African countries was one of the issues discussed between the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, and his French counterpart, Phillipe Douste-Blazy, during a meeting, this Monday (27), in Paris.

According to the Brazilian Ministry Press Service, the two Ministers considered cooperation possibilities between developed and developing nations that could benefit, in particular, the poorest nations in Africa.

The Ministers also talked about the next visit of President Jacques Chirac to Brazil, scheduled for May, and studied perspectives of bilateral cooperation in areas such as health, science, technology, and aircraft industry.

In the meeting, Amorim and Douste-Blazy were able to analyze an extensive multilateral agenda, which revealed significant convergence of positions regarding the situation in Haiti. They also talked about the Middle East, especially Iran, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and discussed the reform process of the United Nations Security Council.

Translation: Andréa Alves