Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said on Thursday evening (25) that he had talked with China’s President Xi Jinping on the phone.
The conversation took place the day before and covered different topics, including the meeting of the BRICS – the economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – and the war in Ukraine.
“I talked on the phone with the President of China, Xi Jinping. We discussed the global situation, the need for peace in Ukraine, and our countries’ participation in the August BRICS summit.”
“And our strategic partnership on a bilateral level,” Lula wrote on Twitter.
The conversation comes just over a month after the bilateral meeting between the two presidents in Beijing and days after Lula returned from a trip to Japan, where he participated in the external engagement segment of the G7 Summit, a group made up of the seven most industrialized countries in the world (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom).
In Hiroshima, from May 19 to 21, Lula met with 11 heads of government and entities when he dealt with bilateral matters and issues on the international agenda.
Besides environmental issues and food security, which were central during the summit, the subject that dominated the debate tables was the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
With information from Agência Brasil
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