Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The People’s Republic of China
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Meets with Wang Yi
Updated: May 01, 2025 14:30

On April 30, 2025 local time, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Brasilia.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked Wang Yi to convey his sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping, stating that Brazil and China have established solid mutual trust, with frequent exchanges at all levels and increasingly deepening cooperation in various fields, which fully proves that keeping friendly relations with China is the right choice and brings a demonstration effect to South-South cooperation. Both sides should accelerate the implementation of the important outcomes of President Xi Jinping's visit to Brazil and promote more efficient and pragmatic cooperation mechanisms between the two countries. He looks forward to maintaining close high-level exchanges with China, further strengthening economic and trade ties, and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in finance, energy, and other areas.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed that China's resolute and strong countermeasures against "reciprocal tariffs" are admirable. China's righteous actions have received widespread support, and the irresponsible unilateral acts of certain country should be collectively resisted. Brazil is willing to work with China to promote greater success of the BRICS mechanism, gather the strength of multilateralism, advocate for free trade, defend international rules, maintain world peace, achieve common development, and never allow power to override international principles.

Wang Yi conveyed President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stating that the two heads of state jointly announced the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet, which has charted the course and drawn the blueprint for the development of China-Brazil relations. President Lula's political decision to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Brazil demonstrates strategic foresight and fully aligns with the long-term and fundamental interests of the Brazilian people. China is willing to work with Brazil to deliver on the important common understandings reached between the two heads of state and to encourage the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future to achieve more new results.

Wang Yi stated that China's resolute counteraction to unilateral bullying is not only to safeguard its own legitimate rights and interests but also to protect the common interests of developing countries and defend international fairness and justice. Standing at a critical juncture in history and facing impending storms, China will stay its course and strengthen its foundations, enhance cooperation with BRICS and Global South countries, uphold multilateralism, safeguard international rules, sow new hope for the world, and bring new opportunities for peace.

During his attendance at the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations and the 15th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security in Brazil, Wang Yi also met separately with Chief Advisor to the President of Brazil Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.