China, Brazil move to elevate ties as Xi meets Lula on state visit
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China and Brazil decided on Wednesday to elevate their ties to the community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet.
The decision was made during a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Xi is paying a state visit to the country after attending the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
China and Brazil are two major developing countries, he said, noting that in the past 50 years, they enjoyed a relationship that transcends mountains and seas, and found a right way for major developing countries to get along with each other, one that is based on mutual respect, mutual benefit and amity.
Brazil, Xi said, was the first country to establish a strategic partnership with China, and the first Latin American country to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with China.
In recent years, under the joint strategic guidance of two heads of state, the two countries are increasingly becoming reliable friends with a shared future and positive forces for peace, he added.
The China-Brazil relationship is at its best in history, which has not only improved the well-being of the people of the two countries, but also defended the common interests of developing countries, enhanced the strength and voice of the Global South, and made outstanding contributions to world peace and stability.
Xi noted that China and Brazil have also decided to establish synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and Brazil’s development needs.
He hailed the decision to elevate ties and to align the two nations’ development strategies as another historic moment in the development of bilateral ties, which demonstrates the global, strategic and long-term nature of China-Brazil relations, meets the expectations of both peoples, gives impetus and support to the modernization of the two countries, and demonstrates their resolve to jointly defend international fairness and justice and promote common development of the world.
China, Xi said, is ready to work with Brazil to continually enrich ties in the new era, be “golden partners” who help each other succeed, and work toward the goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind and creating a more just world and a more sustainable planet.
Together, China and Brazil will make even greater contribution to the peace and progress of humanity.
Xi said the two countries should deepen synergies of development strategies, urging them to seize the historic opportunity of synergizing the BRI with Brazil’s development needs, deepen cooperation in such key areas as economy and trade, infrastructure, finance, science and technology, and environmental protection, and strengthen cooperation in such fields as space, agricultural science and technology, and clean energy.
China prioritizes poverty alleviation in national governance, supports Brazil’s Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) program, and is ready to strengthen cooperation on poverty reduction so that the two peoples can live a better life.
Noting that China highly values Brazil’s international status and influence and supports Brazil in playing a greater role on the international stage, Xi said China stands ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Brazil at the United Nations, BRICS and other multilateral mechanisms, support Brazil’s presidency of BRICS next year, and promote high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation.
For his part, Lula said Brazil and China are good friends that respect and depend on each other, adding that China is Brazil’s most important strategic partner, and the Chinese people are the most trustworthy friends of the Brazilian people.
In the past 50 years, Brazil-China cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results, Lula noted, saying that Brazil looks forward to taking Xi’s visit as a new starting point for more tangible results in bilateral relations.
Brazil also expects to work with China to build a China-Brazil community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet, he added.
Following their talks, the two presidents met the press.
Xi noted it is his second visit to this land full of love and hope after five years, saying that on the eve of his departure, he received many letters from Brazilian friends from all walks of life, which brimmed with Brazilian people’s appreciation of the friendship between China and Brazil and their expectations for deepening the friendship between the two countries. Xi added that he was deeply moved.
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