BRAZIL-MERKEL/MILITARY HONOURS Germany's Merkel greeted with military honours in Brazil

Record ID: 143212

  • Title: BRAZIL-MERKEL/MILITARY HONOURS Germany's Merkel greeted with military honours in Brazil
  • Date: 20th August 2015
  • Summary: BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AUGUST 20, 2015) (REUTERS) MERKEL CLIMBING OUT OF CAR, WALKING PAST HONOUR GUARD MERKEL WALKING PAST GUARD MEMBERS OF GUARD HOLDING FLAGS VARIOUS OF MERKEL WALKING PAST GUARD
  • Embargoed: 4th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA9R66XA311ZFGGMNQCKG6S7GW0
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  • Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was welcomed with military honours in the Brazilian capital on Thursday (August 20).
    Merkel arrived in Brasilia on Wednesday (August 19) for a two-day visit with a delegation including representatives from 11 government departments and large German companies.
    Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, currently facing tumbling popularity rates as the Brazilian economy heads toward a painful recession, greeted the Chancellor during the military ceremony.
    No major corporate deals are due to be announced on the trip but investment frameworks will be high on the agenda for the Germans, who have 1,300 companies active in Brazil - an economy reeling from its sharpest slowdown in three decades.
    German government officials want to use the trip to lobby for German companies to be involved in a $57 billion investment programme in railways, harbours and airports announced by Rousseff.
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