France's Sarkozy to meet with Brazilian president da Silva
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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The Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is due to meet the French President Nicholas Sarkozy later today. Lula da Silva is due to meet with Sarkozy in French Guiana.
The two are expected discuss issues such as greater cooperation between the two countries and the coordination of work on areas around Brazil and French Guiana. In addition, subjects such as biofuels, nuclear science and defence are expected to be discussed in the meeting.
After the meeting, at the headquarters of the local Lula and Sarkozy will present the design for a road bridge that is planned to be built over the river Oiapoque, linking the Brazil to French Guiana. Initial forecasts are suggesting that the bridge, will be about 400 meters long, and will cost approximately US$38.6 million. It is scheduled to be completed for 2010.
The cost of the project is planned to be divided equally between Brazil and France. This was made clear in an agreement between the two nations that was signed in July 2005. The agreement was approved by the Brazilian government in November 2007 and was approved by the French Parliament in March 2007.
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This article is based on Lula viaja para encontro com Sarkozy amanhã na Guiana Francesa by Agencia Brasil which has a copyright policy compatible with our CC-BY 2.5. Specifically "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Brazil"
- "Lula viaja para encontro com Sarkozy amanhã na Guiana Francesa". Brazil's Lula to talk defense and gold with Sarkozy, February 12, 2008
- "Lula viaja para encontro com Sarkozy amanhã na Guiana Francesa". Agencia Brazil, February 11, 2008
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