The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) spoke about the importance of Brazil’s relationship with India in a meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a visit to New Delhi in the early hours of this Saturday (21).
“Brazil’s look at India is a very hopeful look. We have a country in India with many similarities. Despite the difference in the number of inhabitants, several of our problems are similar. Our scientific and technological knowledge is close”, he said.
“If we work together, we will. We will strengthen our relationship with South America and we will strengthen the global South so that we never again enter a cold war between two powers”, he concluded.
Lula arrived in India on February 18th for an eight-day trip through Asia. The president is accompanied by a delegation made up of 11 ministers, four parliamentarians and other authorities. The first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, embarked with the president, but continued on her journey straight to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, where Lula also has a schedule starting on February 23rd.
The trip takes place at a time of greater proximity in the relationship between Brazil and India, both in the geopolitical and economic fields.
In the last two years, the number of Brazilian business missions in the Asian country has increased, and joint projects in defense, science, technology and innovation have also intensified.
The Indian economy is growing at a rapid pace, at more than 6% per year, on average over the last five years, and the country is consolidating itself as one of the main industrial and technological hubs in the developing world.
The two countries are also being increasingly assertive in the geopolitical scenario, defending similar positions, for example, in relation to the defense of multilateralism, free trade and the attempt to increase the weight of the so-called global South in all international forums.
Published by Marina Toledo, with information from Américo Martins
