President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who returned as Brazil’s head of state on January 1, is expected to visit China shortly.
Prior to that, there have been two important preparatory diplomatic exchanges between the two countries.
On March 2, Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Viera on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in the Indian capital, New Delhi, with the Xinhua News Agency reporting that the meeting had, “a focus on preparations for high level exchanges in the next stage.” Qin said the Chinese side expects to deepen political mutual trust with Brazil, consolidate collaboration in areas of strength, and expand cooperation in technical innovation, green development, and digital economy, among other emerging fields.
On the previous day in Beijing, Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with a delegation of Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT), headed by its Secretary for International Relations, Romenio Pereira. Liu said that at present, both countries constantly deepen political mutual trust, achieve fruitful results in practical cooperation, and coordinate closely in important international multilateral mechanisms such as the BRICS and the G20. He described the PT as a political force with important international and regional influence, adding that President Lula is committed to leading Brazil on the path of sustainable and comprehensive development. According to Liu, the CPC and the PT share similar governance concepts and the CPC is ready to strengthen high-level and institutionalized exchanges on both party building and state governance.
For his part, Pereira said that the PT attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with the CPC. As an important left-wing force in Latin America, the PT hopes to strengthen cooperation with the CPC on platforms such as China-CELAC Political Parties Forum and the São Paulo Forum, to promote the development of Latin America-China relations and contribute to world peace and development. Significantly, Pereira’s delegation included the Executive Secretary of the São Paulo Forum, Monica Valente. With a membership of over 100 parties, the São Paulo Forum is a broad-based body grouping nearly all the significant forces of the Latin American left. Its member parties are presently in government in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, and Venezuela.
The PT delegation also met with China’s most senior diplomat, Wang Yi, member of the CPC Political Bureau and Director of the Office of the CPC Central Committee’s Foreign Affairs Commission.
The following reports were originally published on the websites of the Xinhua News Agency and the IDCPC.
Chinese, Brazilian FMs meet to push forward bilateral ties
Xinhua, 2 March 2023
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira met here on Thursday and exchanged views on the development of bilateral ties, with a focus on preparations for high level exchanges in the next stage.
Their meeting took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on March 1-2 in the capital of India, which holds the G20 presidency this year.
During the bilateral meeting, Qin said the Chinese side expects to deepen political mutual trust with Brazil, consolidate collaboration in areas of strength, and expand cooperation in technical innovation, green development, and digital economy, among other emerging fields.
He called for efforts by the two countries to elevate their comprehensive strategic partnership to new levels, jointly send a positive message of equality and win-win cooperation between major developing countries, and inject strong impetus into global peace, stability, development and prosperity.
For his part, Vieira said Brazil attaches great importance to its relationship with China, noting that bilateral cooperation abounds with possibilities and potential.
Brazil looks forward to accelerating alignment with the Chinese side to promote bilateral cooperation to bear more fruits, so as to lay a solid foundation for the development of bilateral ties, he said.
Liu Jianchao Meets with a Delegation of Workers’ Party of Brazil
International Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, 2 March 2023
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with a delegation headed by Romenio Pereira, Secretary for International Relations of Workers’ Party (PT) of Brazil.
Liu said, China and Brazil are major developing countries and emerging economies with important international influence. At present, both countries constantly deepen political mutual trust, make fruitful results in practical cooperation, and coordinate closely in important international multilateral mechanisms such as the BRICS and the Group of 20, injecting positive energy into the global situation full of uncertainties. China-Brazil relations go beyond the bilateral scope, whose strategic and overall influence becomes increasingly prominent.
Liu said, PT is a political force with important international and regional influence. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who returned to the Brazilian presidency, is committed to leading Brazil on the path of sustainable and comprehensive development. Sharing similar governance concepts with PT, the CPC is ready to further strengthen high-level and institutionalized exchanges between the two sides, intensify experience exchange in party building and state governance, jointly enrich the path to modernization, and promote the greater development of China-Brazil comprehensive strategic partnership. Liu also introduced relevant situation of the just-concluded Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.
Pereira said, both Brazil and China are major developing countries facing similar tasks and challenges. Pereira firmly believed that under the leadership of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Xi Jinping, Brazil and China will further strengthen strategic communication and deepen cooperation in various fields. PT attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with the CPC, and is willing to strengthen online and offline exchanges with the CPC to promote relations between our two countries to a higher level. As an important left-wing force in Latin America, PT hopes to strengthen cooperation with the CPC on platforms such as China-CELAC Political Parties Forum and São Paulo Forum, to promote the development of Latin America-China relations and contribute to world peace and development.
Chen Zhou, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Monica Valente, Executive Secretary of the Sao Paulo Forum, and others were present.
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