Brasilia, May 6 (EFE) .- The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will travel to Russia to attend the celebration of Victory day, and will then continue to China, countries in which he will insist on the defense of multilateralism, official sources reported Tuesday.
The Brazilian leader will leave this night and his first scale will be in Moscow, where next Thursday he will participate in the events for the Day of the Soviet Victory on Nazi Germany and the next day he will maintain a private meeting with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
The Secretary for Asia of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Eduardo Saboia, explained that Lula plans to discuss with Putin the commercial relationship between the two countries, which has among its main factors the supply of Russian fertilizers for the thriving Brazilian agricultural sector.
Lula will also insist on his defense of multilateralism, which is one of the flags raised by the BRICS forum, founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
It is also expected that the dialogue on the war unleashed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine will resume, in front of which Brazil, according to Saboia, maintains “the position already known.”
Within that framework, he indicated that Brazil “is guided by international law”, defends “the principle of territorial integrity” and is favorable to “a wide conversation between all parties” in order to achieve a negotiated peace.
From Moscow, Lula will continue for Beijing, where as of May 11 he will make a state visit, within the framework of which he will be received by the president, Xi Jinping.
Saboia said that the agenda with the Chinese leader will be similar, but pointed out that the Asian power maintains with Brazil a strategic society “with a high level of institutionalization” and that it covers a wide cooperation at all levels.
China is the main destination of Brazilian exports in the world, so the commercial section will have a particular interest, he said.
Beyond that, cooperation in other matters will be reviewed, such as the fight against climate change and also in relation to the intention of both countries for strengthening multilateralism in all areas of international relations.
Saboia ruled out, however, that the dialogue with China in that sense has some relationship with the commercial war unleashed by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
“Brazil and China have a much broader agenda than any consideration about a juncture that obviously worries,” said the diplomat.
He also stressed that “Brazil appreciates its relationship with the United States” and pointed out that the links with China “do not contrast.”
During his stay in Beijing, Lula will participate in a ministerial meeting of the Forum of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and China, a high school of the next summit of that instance, which will be held in Colombia this year. EFE
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