Brazilian President Lula da Silva arrives this Friday in Lisbon for an official visit to Portugal with a busy agenda that includes a Portuguese-Brazilian summit that discusses the immigrant community as well as the aviation business on the horizon.
According to a source in the Brazilian executive branch, the possibility of exporting the KC-390 aircraft, which is already produced by the Brazilian company Embraer in Portugal, to other countries of the European Union will be one of the subjects of discussion between the governments of the two countries.
But the Portuguese-Brazilian summit on Saturday afternoon will have a chapter “dedicated to the affairs of the country’s immigrant community in Potugal,” the same source told Lusa.
In addition to this, there will also be an economic chapter, largely devoted to how to stimulate trade between the two countries, and another one devoted to the international agenda and foreign policy, where the path to the signing of the Agreement between the European Union and MERCOSUR will be at the top. for debate, while a war between Russia and Ukraine is under consideration, the same source said.
Lula da Silva will be in Portugal until April 25, the day he leaves for Madrid, and has a delegation with an “impressive number” that includes several ministers including culture, transport, health, defense, science and technology , Racial Equality and Human Rights and Citizenship.
There is no agenda for this Friday yet. Thus, the highly publicized program of the visit begins on Saturday with a welcome ceremony with military honors in Lisbon’s Praça do Imperio, followed by another short ceremony at the Jeronimos Monastery, with the laying of a wreath at the tomb of Luis. de Camoens.
After that, he meets with his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Souza at Belém Palace, followed by an extended meeting of delegations and lunch with the Prime Minister of Portugal.
In the afternoon, one of the highlights of the agenda is the 13th Portuguese-Brazilian Summit at the Centro Cultural de Belém, and in the middle of the day, at least eight of the ten protocols between the two countries will be signed, as announced on Wednesday in the press releases of the conference in Brasilia, including in areas such as education, science, energy, health, driver’s license, geology, mining and others.
The day ends with a state dinner hosted by the President of Portugal at the Ajuda Palace.
On Monday, April 24, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in as President of Brazil for the third time this January after winning elections in October 2022 against former head of state Jair Bolosonaro, will take the oath. travel to Matosinhos, in Porto, where he will take part in the Portugal Brasil business forum. The event, which is expected to be attended by about 150 Portuguese and Brazilian businessmen with the aim of expanding bilateral trade in areas such as energy, mobility, technology, innovation and healthcare.
The meeting will also see the signing of a new protocol of understanding between the Portuguese Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (AICEP) and its partner, the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (APEX).
The return to Lisbon will take place the next day aboard a KC-390 aircraft manufactured by Brazil’s Embraer with significant investment in Portugal, from which the state recently purchased five such aircraft.
Upon arrival in Lisbon, the Brazilian leader will travel to Embraer-controlled OGMA — Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal in Alverque, and in the afternoon, Lula da Silva will perform another highlight of the programme. At Palacio Queluz, he presents the 2019 Camões Prize to the Brazilian singer and writer Chico Buarca.
The 2019 Camões Prize was hampered because even before the postponement due to the pandemic in October of that year, five months after the winner was known, the then President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, made it clear that he could not sign the Prize. award diploma.
On April 25, at 10:00 a.m., “a ceremonial meeting in honor of President Lula, which precedes the celebration of April 25” is scheduled, at which the President of Brazil will deliver a speech.
But Lula da Silva will no longer attend the official session of the April 25th celebration.
Lula da Silva then heads to Madrid with an agenda that includes meetings with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Philip VI of Spain and even a business forum.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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