Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for over an hour on July 26. His readout, posted on his X account, reported that the two leaders had spoken about deepening their nations’ economic cooperation, not just through trade, but on the “synergies” between their two nations’ development projects. As well, the two reaffirmed their “shared commitment to expanding cooperation in strategic and high-tech areas, such as artificial intelligence, satellites, the processing of critical minerals, and the fertilizer trade.”
International matters were reviewed: “We deplore the proliferation of conflicts around the world and their impact on global food and energy security, as well as the severe human and material losses,” Lula reported. The approaches needed to resolve leading hotspots (the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb; Gaza; the war in Ukraine) were discussed, along with their nations’ common “commitment to defending multilateralism.” They agreed to remain in “close coordination on this and other agenda at the highest levels within the UN, BRICS, and other forums.”
