The President of the Republic of Timor-Leste leaves this Friday with his Portuguese counterpart from Lisbon to Brasilia, where they will participate in the inauguration of Lula da Silva, considered “the ideal leader to pacify Brazil.”
“The two Heads of State will depart today, December 30, from the Portela airport to the city of Brasilia on the same TAP flight to participate in the official inauguration ceremony of President Lula da Silva next Sunday, January 1, 2023, for a period of duration until December 31, 2026″, reads a note sent to Lusa by the Presidency of Timor-Leste.
“Following the official announcement of the results of the presidential elections in Brazil, the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste saluted the vitality of Brazilian democracyaffirmed that the election of Lula da Silva is good news for the world and considered that he was the ideal leader to pacify Brazil, bring a new breath to the international scene and re-establish relations of dialogue and cooperation with various countries of the world, through viz, Timor-Leste.
Marcelo travels this Friday to Brasilia for the inauguration of Lula da Silva on Sunday
The joint trip of the heads of state of Portugal and Timor-Leste was agreed upon during Ramos-Horta’s visit to Portugal in October, recalls the press release, which also highlights that “during the years of political persecution against the now re-elected President Lula da Silva, the President and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta was a staunch defender of President Lula da Silva, considering him a political prisoner”.
During his visit to Brasilia, Ramos-Horta will meet with the new Brazilian president, with the president of the Algerian Parliament, Salaj Goudjil, and will participate in the “dinner offered by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa at the Portuguese embassy in Brazil, with several representatives of the CPLP countries“.
At the inauguration of Lula da Silva, at least 19 heads of state are expected, including the King of Spain and the presidents of Germany, Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guinea-Bissau, Peru , East Timor and Uruguay, among others.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from the Workers’ Party (PT), who already served two terms as President of Brazil, between 2003 and 2011, was re-elected to the position, on October 30, in the second round, with 50, 9% of the votes, in an election in which he defeated the acting Brazilian head of state, Jair Bolsonaro.
Source: Observadora
