02/03/07 – Presided over by Deputy Ricardo Izar and consisting of dozens of congressmen of Lebanese descent, the Brazil-Lebanon Parliamentary Front (FPBL) is dedicated to the introduction at government level of issues related to the bilateral relations. One of its recently admitted members, Deputy Renato Amary, visited the Consul General of Lebanon, Joseph Sayah, committing to take active part in the action aimed at causes shared by those institutions common in a tribute to the centennial bonds between both nations.

In turn Sayah enthusiastically welcomed the initiative and pointed out the important role of such moves, on behalf of cooperation between the two countries and of the large existing local Lebanese community.

Renato Amary had been mayor of Sorocaba for eight years, during which period he signed a sistership agreement with the Lebanese village of Hammanah. Amary, who is yet to come to his parent’s homeland, expresses the wish to do it in the foreseeable future, possibly on a visit related to issues of urban renovation.

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