Brazilian President Lula da Silva receives his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping at the Alvorada Palace, as part of an official visit after the end of the G20 summit. teleSUR
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00:00We are going live to Brazil.
00:07President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio da Silva, receives the President
00:11of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, at the Alborada Palace.
00:16The meeting will start at roughly 10 a.m. local time, Brasilia.
00:20The two leaders will discuss bilateral relations during this bilateral meeting.
00:25China and Brazil have sought to position themselves as leaders of the Global South
00:30at a time of great global uncertainty, with the crisis going on in the Middle East with
00:35the Israeli genocide.
00:37China is the biggest trading partner overall, with two-way commerce exceeding 160 billion
00:42U.S. dollars last year.
00:44Xi looked forward to talks with Lu Lan for enhancing China-Brazil relations, promoting
00:49synergy of the two countries' development strategies.
00:54Regional and regional issues of common interest are also going to be on the table for the
00:58two heads of state to discuss during this bilateral meeting.
01:02Lu Lan will push for increasing exports of value-added products.
01:06A visit to Beijing this year by Vice President Geraldo Acme was seen as paving the way for
01:12Brazil to join China's Belt and Road Initiative to stimulate trade.
01:18Wednesday's meeting, the leaders of the second and seventh most populated countries
01:23of the world, comes as Brazil and China mark 50 years of diplomatic ties.
01:29It is a moment of celebration of coming together of these two powerhouses to continue developing
01:38their ties in trade and different sectors, to continue developing a strategy of multilateralism
01:44and to enhance the Belt and Road Initiative to interconnect more the peoples of Brazil
01:49and China.
01:50Stay tuned with Terrestrial English.
01:51We are going to have more in upcoming news briefs.