Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Souza is scheduled to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro today in Brasilia, where he will take part in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Brazil’s independence.
In July, Jair Bolsonaro canceled a dinner he had invited Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to in Brasilia, a decision he made public in the media and justified by the fact that the Portuguese president had previously met in São Paulo with the former head of Brazil. state of Lula da Silva.
According to the program of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s trip to Brazil, which starts today, the heads of the two states will hold a short bilateral meeting at 18:30 local time (22:30 in Lisbon) at the Itamaraty Palace, with an expected duration of fifteen minutes.
According to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Jair Bolsonaro will receive in the same format other heads of state of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) present in Brasilia.
The celebration of the bicentenary of Brazil’s independence comes as the official campaign for the Brazilian presidential election on October 2, with a possible runoff on October 30, is underway, with Jair Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva among others. . . .
Augusto Santos Silva, the second figure in the Portuguese state, will also be in Brasilia for the celebrations of the bicentenary of Brazilian independence, at the invitation of the President of the Brazilian Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is traveling this morning from Lisbon to Brasilia, will remain in Brazil until Friday, also passing through Rio de Janeiro.
The President of the Republic was in Brazil two months ago, between July 2 and 4, to celebrate the centenary of the first air crossing of the South Atlantic in Rio de Janeiro and to open the Sao Paulo Book Biennale. that Portugal as a well-deserved country.
The program of this visit will end in Brasilia with a dinner with the President of Brazil, which was canceled by Jair Bolsonaro.
Faced with the position of his colleague, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began by keeping his program, waiting for a written message, and then canceling the trip to Brasilia, but always dedramatized the episode and its impact on bilateral relations.
At the same time, he took it for granted that he returned to Brazil in September to celebrate the bicentennial of independence: “The Senate has already invited me as an invited speaker. But the President of the Portuguese Parliament is traveling with me. [Augusto Santos Silva]and the government will go with me to show that all organs of sovereignty will be here at this decisive moment,” he said at the time.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
