Time.news – The Brazilian president, Inacio Lula da Silvahas postponed his trip to China due to a bacterial pneumonia caused by flu. This was announced by the office of the presidency.
The trip, postponed indefinitely, would have represented the third official visit of the Brazilian president since his inauguration on January 1, after the United States and Argentina. Lula was supposed to embark for Beijing tomorrow, after an initial postponement in recent days. Lula was supposed to meet Xi Jinping on March 28.
There was great anticipation for the Brazilian president’s trip. On that occasion, Brazil should have marked the country’s entry into the New Silk Road, giving a new impetus to the so-called “Brics” Bank. Among the topics of confrontation with the Chinese president also the war in Ukraine and, above all, the trade relations between the two countries: in fact, China is Brazil’s first trading partner, followed by the USA and Argentina.