The Portuguese head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has an appointment with the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, this Tuesday in Brasilia, where he will participate in the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the independence of Brazil.
In July, Jair Bolsonaro canceled a lunch to which he had invited Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in Brasilia, a decision he made public through the media and which he justified by the fact that the Portuguese president had previously met in São Paulo with the former boss of the Brazilian state. Lula da Silva State.
Bolsonaro canceled meeting with Marcelo in Brazil. Portuguese PR will meet with Lula
According to the program for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s trip to Brazil, which begins this Tuesday, the two heads of state will have a brief bilateral meeting at 6:30 p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. in Lisbon), at the Itamaraty Palace, with an expected duration of fifteen minutes.
According to the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, Jair Bolsonaro will receive in the same format the other heads of state of the countries of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) present in Brasilia.
The commemorations of the bicentennial of the independence of Brazil are held when it is underway the official campaign for the presidential elections of October 2 in Brazilwith an eventual second round on October 30, to which Jair Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva, among others, are candidates.
Augusto Santos Silva, the second figure of the Portuguese State, will also be in Brasilia for the commemorations of the bicentennial of the independence of Brazilat the invitation of the president of the Federal Senate of Brazil, Rodrigo Pacheco.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who travels this Tuesday 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, on the occasion of the centenary of the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic, in Rio de Janeiro, and for the inauguration of the São Paulo Book Biennial. Paulo, that Portugal as the country of honor.
The program of that visit would end in Brasilia, with a lunch with the president of Brazil, which was canceled by Jair Bolsonaro.
Given the attitude of his counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began maintaining his program, waiting for a written communication, and then withdrew from going to Brasilia, but always downplaying this episode and its impact on bilateral relations.
At the same time, he took for granted his return to Brazil in September for the bicentennial celebrations of independence: “The Senate has already invited me to be the guest speaker. But the president of the Portuguese parliament is coming with me. [Augusto Santos Silva]and the Government will come with me, to demonstrate that the sovereign bodies will all be here at this fundamental moment”, he declared then.
Source: Observadora
