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Lula arrives in Shanghai.
Lula, who once once more assumed the presidency of Brazil following 12 years, started his visit to China from the 12th to the 15th, focusing on bilateral cooperation in the economic and trade field, as well as the peaceful resolution of the Ukraine war and other issues.
Lula first arrived in Shanghai to attend the inauguration of former president Dilma Rousseff as head of the BRICS New Development Bank. He then traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“We will strengthen relations with China,” Lula said on Monday. “I will invite Xi Jinping to come to Brazil for bilateral talks, get to know Brazil and show him projects of interest for Chinese investment.”
China is Brazil’s largest trading partner and the key to Lula’s re-establishment of influence in global geopolitics. Beijing also sees Brazil as key to its strategic and economic plans.
This is Lula’s fifth visit to China, which was originally scheduled for March but was postponed due to health problems.
The Brazilian government said the main goal of Lula’s visit to China was to restart trade relations with China.
China surpassed the United States as Brazil’s largest trading partner in 2009 and is a major market for Brazilian commodities such as soybeans, iron ore and oil. Brazil is also the largest recipient of Chinese investment in Latin America, mainly in fields such as high-voltage transmission lines and oil production.
According to Brazilian official data, in 2022, China imported more than US$89.7 billion in Brazilian goods, especially soybeans and ores; and exported nearly US$60.7 billion to Brazil.
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During Lula’s first two terms as president, Brazil’s total trade with China grew rapidly. In 2010, the last year of his second term, Brazil’s exports to China reached US$30.7 billion, an increase of 582% compared to 2003 when he took office; imports were US$25.6 billion, an increase of 11 times compared to 2003. .
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency announced at the end of last month that Brazil-China business transactions will be conducted directly in reals and renminbi instead of US dollars.
Lula’s visit to China is an effort by the new Brazilian government to rebuild international relations. Lula also recently visited Argentina, Uruguay and the United States and met with European leaders attending the presidential inauguration. This visit to China is Lula’s first visit to a country outside the Western Hemisphere during his third term.
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of trade relations between Brazil and China.
Lula is expected to sign regarding 20 bilateral agreements with China during his visit.
One of these is the construction of CBERS-6, the sixth in a series of satellites jointly built by Brazil and China. The new model is technically improved and can effectively monitor biomes such as the Amazon rainforest even on cloudy days.
A Brazilian aircraft maker may sign a deal to sell 20 commercial jets to Chinese airlines, according to Archyde.com.
There are 240 people in the delegation that visited China with Lula, including regarding 40 high-level people, including several ministers, who are responsible for finance, environment and climate change, agriculture and animal husbandry, technological innovation, foreign affairs, mining and energy, and social development. , and communication.
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Lula, 77, also wants to restore Brazil’s role in international geopolitics. He is expected to advise Xi on how to mediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
They “will discuss the war in Ukraine,” Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told reporters, adding that Lula wanted to push for mediation talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Vieira said that following returning from Lula’s visit to China, he will “create” a group of mediating countries.
Lula, who served as Brazil’s president for eight years, was keen to position the South American giant as an intermediary, but his diplomacy took a hit last year. He has come under fire for claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin are “equally responsible” for the war. He has also refused to join the ranks of Western countries in sending weapons to Ukraine to help fend off the Russian threat.
Last week, Lula said that “Putin cannot keep Ukrainian territory”, but he also insisted that Zelensky “cannot want everything”.
The Brazilian government appears to endorse China’s 12-point peace initiative in late February. “These are basic conditions for peace,” Vieira said, calling Beijing’s proposal “very positive.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron issued a joint statement last Friday, in which they pledged “both sides support all efforts to restore peace in Ukraine on the basis of international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter”. France is also one of the few countries that wants China to mediate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
But Moscow rejected any “political solution” to the conflict, with state media mocking Macron following his visit to China for failing to achieve his goal of mediation.
Brazilian analyst Lourival Sant’Anna recently wrote, “From a geopolitical point of view, President Lula is visiting China at a delicate moment, because Brazil’s position on the Ukraine war is vague.”
The leftist Lula government has refused to join Western sanctions on Russia, and Brazil’s leaders have struggled to avoid being seen as taking sides.
Brazil has not joined the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by China.
This Monday, a reporter asked at the press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs whether China and Pakistan would sign the China-Pakistan “Belt and Road” cooperation agreement. Spokesman Wang Wenbin did not make a clear statement.
He said that the “One Belt, One Road” initiative is a completely open and transparent cooperation initiative. We are willing to work with the international community to jointly promote the cooperation in building the “Belt and Road” and make efforts to promote the common development of all countries. ”
In 2022, Argentina will sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. If Brazil joins this time, it means that the “Belt and Road” initiative will cover most of South America.
Some analysts pointed out that the reason why Brazil has not signed China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative is that most governments in South America have already joined China’s global infrastructure development plan. It is in China’s interest more than Brazil’s to have this large developing country join the initiative.
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Vienna (OTS) – “The ÖVP Interior Minister’s review of the so-called fight once morest people smuggling has shown that our police officers on border operations and the soldiers on assistance operations are doing an excellent job within the scope of their possibilities, despite this political leadership. However, they continue to be misused as a ‘welcome service’ for illegal immigrants. Instead of being “gatekeepers” once morest the new migration of peoples, the ÖVP continues to make officials “tourist guides” in our asylum system,” reacted today the FPÖ federal party chairman and club chairman NAbg. Herbert Kickl and FPÖ security spokesman NAbg. Hannes Amesbauer at the press conference by ÖVP Interior Minister Karner entitled “Current measures to combat smuggling”. The ÖVP lacks the will and courage to finally implement the liberal 23-point action plan and thus the ‘Fortress Austria’. More than 110,000 asylum applications in the previous year, according to reports already 10,000 applications this year. That has to end. This requires an FPÖ-led federal government at federal level. The ÖVP promises but does not deliver. It does nothing to counteract the “new migration of peoples” and keeps the Austrians laughing,” Kickl and Amesbauer agreed.
“Anyone who expected groundbreaking news today was bitterly disappointed. Karner continues to rely on only administering the tens of thousands of illegal border crossings instead of preventing them. The ÖVP has betrayed the Austrians – far and wide there is nothing to be seen of a restrictive asylum and foreigner policy or even a rethinking to finally take effective measures to prevent the new migration of peoples. The long-overdue paradigm shift in this failed asylum and migration policy will only happen with the Freedom Party,” said Amesbauer. The upper limit for asylum propagated by Red and Black a few years ago has long since crumbled to ashes.
“Karner’s much-cited asylum brake is a marketing smear from the PR department in Lichtenfelsgasse. The truth is that the officials’ successes in combating people smuggling are unfortunately only fighting symptoms, because the ÖVP Interior Minister is not prepared to actually take the business basis away from the inhuman people smugglers. That would mean making Austria unattractive as a destination for illegal immigrants. This means, among other things, switching from cash to non-cash benefits instead of throwing in another 500 euros as a climate bonus for those who entered the country illegally. That means preventing illegal immigration instead of managing it. That means a freeze on asylum and the reintroduction of departure centers instead of mass care facilities with all-round care and leisure time care,” emphasized Amesbauer. Herbert Kickl also referred to Hungary in this context: “There were only 46 asylum applications in 2022, in Austria more than 110,000. In Hungary, people take responsibility for their own people – instead of shoving them off on the EU like the ÖVP.”
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Bottom of the table SV Ried is hoping for the longed-for liberation in the Bundesliga once morest WSG Tirol. After two defeats at the start of the qualification group, the Innviertler want to fight back once morest the Tyroleans in the Friday game (7.30 p.m. / live Sky). “We know what we have to do better. It will definitely be a very heated game,” said Ried coach Maximilian Senft. For the WSG, on the other hand, it is a big step towards staying up.
With a win, Thomas Silberberger’s team would extend the lead over the Upper Austrians to eleven points with seven laps to go before the end of the season. The targeted Bundesliga whereregardings would be within reach, and the WSG would temporarily take the lead in front of qualifying group leader Austria Lustenau. “If we lose, we’re at the back once more. If we draw, it’s okay. And if we win, it points the way in the other direction,” emphasized Silberberger.
In any case, Silberberger has good memories of Rieder, this season his team celebrated two victories once morest the Upper Austrians. Nevertheless, the coach has been warned. “Regardless of the table situation, it’s traditionally difficult in Ried. Ried is extremely difficult to play on,” said the 49-year-old, who wants to take advantage of the Innviertler’s uncertainty. The two successes were more “with botch” than with the game. “Ried will call the game once morest us a must-win. I’ll say it’s forbidden to lose.”
WSG gained a lot of self-confidence last Friday with a 4-0 win once morest WAC, while the mood in Ried was heated following a 1-3 draw once morest Hartberg. “Nothing will work easily following the game once morest Hartberg,” said Senft, his team now had to work their way into it. “But at the same time we want to trust in our abilities as footballers.”
Rieder Aleksandar Lutovac also relies on the support of the home fans. “Every game is a final for us now. We’re in a bad position at the moment. But I think we need a win now that takes us up and gives us confidence for the next games,” said the 25-year-old Serb. “We have to be smart.”
