On January 19, 2009, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim issued a joint press communique in Brasilia. The content of the communique is as follows:

At the invitation of Foreign Minister Celso Amorim of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi of the People's Republic of China paid an official visit to Brazil from January 18 to 20 2009.

During the visit, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with Yang and confirmed his willingness to visit China and reiterated his invitation to Chinese President Hu Jintao to visit Brazil. Lula also invited Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to visit his country this year.

Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim also held talks with Yang. The two reviewed and spoke highly of the development of the Sino-Brazilian relations in recent years. They agreed that maintaining close high-level contacts and exchanges of visits is of great significance to the promotion of bilateral strategic partnership. They also agreed to hold the second session of the Sino-Brazilian Coordination and Cooperation Commission in Brasilia at appropriate time this year. They vowed to further the healthy and stable development of bilateral economic and trade ties, expand and diversify bilateral trade, encourage and facilitate mutual investment and promote pragmatic cooperation, so as to continuously inject fresh vitality into the development of their relations. Both sides expressed willingness to hold useful discussions on drawing up a joint action plan between the two governments so as to strengthen their friendly cooperation of mutual benefit in all areas.

China and Brazil share similar views on a large number of important international and regional affairs. Yang and Amorim expressed their willingness to further enhance strategic dialogue and maintain close coordination and cooperation on such issues as the global financial crisis, the reform of international financial system, reform of the United Nations, the resumption of the Doha Round of trade talks, and promotion of cooperation among developing nations.

On the situation in Gaza, China and Brazil welcome the ceasefire announced by both parties to the conflict, and stressed that the UN Security Council Resolution 1860 should be fully implemented.

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi invited Foreign Minister Amorim to visit China this year, and the latter accepted the former's invitation with pleasure.