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| The Ambassador of Tunisia, Mr. Hassine Bouzid and Consul Heinz. |
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| On August 5th, Ambassador Hassine Bouzid, of Tunisia, hosted representatives of the Foreign Missions in Brasília and authorities of the government of Brazil at his residence for the ceremony of co decoration of Consul Heinz Huyer. |
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| The hosts received very distinguished guests right at the entrance of the residence. |
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| The Degree of Great Officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia was granted by His Excellency Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia, for the unquestionable contributions to the country of Tunisia and the commercial, touristic and political relations between Brazil and Tunisia. Ambassador Hassine Bouzid explained the guests the very important deeds of Consul Heinz Huyer, especially in the area of fertilizers. |
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| Important members of the Diplomatic Community came to the ceremony. In the picture, the hosts welcome the Ambassador of Romania, Mrs. Monica Grigorescu. |
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| The Second Secretary of the Embassy of Kwait, Mr. Nazar Ahmad Al-Baghli and the Ambassador of Sudan, Mr. Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman. |
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| From left to right, Mr. Kleber Farias Pinto, Honorary Consul of Senegal, Miss Adriana Colombo and Counsellor Pham Quang Nhue, of the Embassy of Vietnam. |
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| The Ambassador of Gabon, Mr. Benjamin Legnongo-Ndumba and his wife, Mrs. Legnongo-Ndumba. |
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| The Ambassador Palestine, Mr. Musa Amer Odeh and the Ambassador of Lebanon, Mr. Fouad El-Khoury Ghanem. |
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| For over 31 years, the Honorary Consul of Tunisia, Mr. Heinz Huyer has put himself into strengthening the bilateral relations and commercial trades between Brazil and the Republic of Tunisia. Being Brazil the greatest agricultural producer and the third largest importer of fertilizer in the world, Consul Huyer worked tirelessly at bringing the best organic fertilizer from Tunisia to Brazil, of Phosphate and, now, the Triple Superphosphate. Later, as Honorary Consul, he participated actively in all the consequential opportunities that came, together with the government authorities in Brazil, the Industry Federation, business men, cultural agents and more. |
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| Ambassador Bouzid gave a speech praising Consul Heinz Huyer for his deeds related to the trading between Brazil and Tunisia. |
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| The Ambassador, then, gave the the medal and the certificate of Great Officer of the Republic of Tunisa to Consul Huyer. |
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| In return, Consul Heinz Huyer praised the excellent work of Ambassador Bouzid, exalting the amazing effort of the Ambassador together with the industrials in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and anywhere in Brazil. The Consul also mentioned the agreements between both countries in the last few years, more specifically at the “Hospital Sírio-Libanês de São Paulo” (São Paulo Syrian-Lebanese Hospital of São Paulo) and the remarkable record in trading between Brazil and Tunisia, achieving the mark of 210 million dollars in the year of 2004. “Ambassador Bouzid is a man of commercial perception, impeccable organization and a perfectionist. That is why his work in Brazil has been so incredible and the relations between our countries go so well today”, said Consul Heinz Huyer. |
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| Consul Huyer also gave a speech, thanking the great honor he was granted and complimenting Ambassador Bouzid for his excellent job ahead of the Tunisian Embassy in Brazil. |
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| Consul Henz Huyer, receiving the medal of Great Officer by the hands of the Ambassador and cheered in the company of his friends, his wife, to whom he declared his everlasting gratitude for her constant support and love, his three sons and their families. |
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| Consul Heinz Huyer enjoyed this great moment in the company of his beloved wife, his sons, daughters in law and grandchildren. |
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| Several diplomats and Ambassadors honored the event and complimented the Consul for this wonderful achievement, expressing their esteem for this great man. |
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| Consul Huyer was complimented by several important characters of the Diplomatic Community, such as the Ambassador of Côte D’Ivoire, Mrs. Colette G. Lambin... |
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| ...the Ambassador of Algeria, Mr. Lahcene Moussaoui... |
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| ...the Ambassador of Sudan, Mr. Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman... |
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| ...and the Counsellor of the Tunisian Embassy, Mr. Chaabani Ridha. |
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| A lovely cocktail, prepared by the excellent Chef Daniel Moreira, was served to the guests: “Crocq Mecie”, kafta and other pastries from Arabia. |
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| The guests chattered cheerfully at the gardens of the resicende. |
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| “It is such a great honor I cannot put into words”, said Consul Heinz Huyer talking to THE GUIDE and saying a little more about his work. “I know President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in person and my relations with the Republic of Tunisia gets closer every time, but this is a great surprise, really! But it actually comes with greater responsibility and I will dedicate even more of my efforts to bring closer this mutual, synergetic relationship between the two countries not only in commerce but also in the cultural area”. |
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| Consul Huyer told a little more about his work and life to THE GUIDE. |
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| When asked about his trajectory, Consul Huyer revealed how crucial his participation in the foreign affairs was for Brazil. “I was inspired by the Dr. Alvaro Franco, Director of CASEX, the agency of Imports and Exports of the Foreign Ministry in the 60’s, the creator of the slogan ‘Exportar é o caminho’ (to export is the way), when the Brazilian export aliquot was zero. Then, invited by Dr. Franco, I dealt the first 500 pairs of Brazilian women’s shoes ever sold to another country, to Liberia back in 1965”, said Consul Huyer. This deal meant the creation of “Intertrade Group”, which 40 years later is the leader in fertilizers in Brazil and one of the greatest in the world. And since then he never stopped to work to reinforce these trading. |
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| Intertrade Group |
| Consul Huyer also told THE GUIDE a little more about “Intertrade Group”. |
| “Since 1965, Intertrade knows that for achieving the trust of fertilizer clients and suppliers it needs much more than only solid professional expertise and consistent performance. It is necessary to go further. Therefore we choose always to innovate. Acting this way we established during the past 30 years, since 1974, a common ground of pioneering business association with Tunisia’s fertilizers sector. Starting 1990 with Tunisia’s support, Intertrade developed and successfully introduced in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina a new concept of direct application to soil of “unground” natural reactive phosphate rocks, in particular with the pioneering “Gafsa Hyperphosphate”. Skilful and solid expertise also characterizes Intertrade’s always innovative and reliable international trading strategies and shipping operations”. |
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| THE GUIDE congratulates the Consul Heinz Huyer for this wonderful achievement. |
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