The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has landed this Wednesday in China, at the Shanghai airport, together with an entourage formed by politicians from different parties and businessmen, on the occasion of his three-day official visit, in which, among other issues, he will meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
Before meeting with the Chinese leader, on Thursday he is scheduled to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected head of the New Development Bank, the financial entity of the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Lula will then visit one of the facilities of the technology company Huawei and will close Thursday’s agenda with a meeting with the head of the Chinese Communist Party, Chen Jining, also in the city of Shanghai.
On Friday he will head to Beijing to meet with President Xi, with whom he will sign some twenty agreements on the environment, trade and cooperation. The war in Ukraine is also expected to be discussed, both leaders having shown their support for an alternative and negotiated solution to a conflict that has been dragging on for fourteen months.
Before returning to Brazil, Lula will make a last stop on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, for an official meeting with the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
