Lula da Silva meets with the leftist presidents of Latin America
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met on Monday with a series of representatives of foreign delegations in consecutive bilateral meetings, one day after taking office as President of Brazil.
“Full day today. There were 10 meetings with representatives from Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America,” Lula da Silva has communicated through a message on his Twitter profile.
He thus met with the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, with whom he talked about how both countries “can collaborate on social policy, energy and the supply of fertilizers.” Also with his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernández, with whom he resumed “dialogue and friendship” of “one of Brazil’s main partners in the world.”
In addition, he has spoken with the leftist leader of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, about the “need to unite the Amazonian countries in the protection of the environment and advance in the transition and energy integration” of the continent.
From Brasília, the President of Brazil thanked his Honduran counterpart, Xiomara Castro, for her presence at the inauguration celebration, and asked her to fight poverty together.
Lula da Silva also received the Vice President of China, Wang Qishan, while he announced that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, has sent him a letter “with his greetings and his willingness to expand cooperation.” “China is our biggest trading partner and we can further expand relations between our countries,” he said.
He also met with the vice president of the Cuban regime, Salvador Antonio Valdés Mesa; the Prime Minister of Peru, Alberto Otárola and the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez.
Lula da Silva, hours after he was sworn in as the 39th president of Brazil at the beginning of his third term as head of the country, revoked more than a dozen decrees signed during the government of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.
With information from Gaceta de la Iberosfera
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