brazil s president, lula da silva, is meeting the chinese leader xi jinping at the climax of his official visit to china. there was a large ceremony to greet him upon his arrival. the two leaders are expected to sign trade deals and to also discuss the war in ukraine. earlier i spoke to larissa wachholz a senior fellow with the brazilian center for international relations. she is in beijing with the brazilian delegation. and i spoke to herjust as president lula arrived. i asked her about the significance of this meeting. it is very important indeed, not only brazil has a new government that would like to show their priorities in terms of international affairs and meeting all their major partners, and the brazilian president has been visiting these partners since the beginning of the government, so from january this year. i also think it s very important to highlight the optimism that is in place because of china reopening after almost three years closed due to the pandemic of covid 19.
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