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Brazil's Lula, on 皇冠体育app visit, secures 13 deals
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-19 21:36 BEIJING -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent his second day in Beijing in meetings with Chinese leaders Tuesday, which analysts said will cement bilateral partnership. Lula da Silva was welcomed by Chinese President Hu Jintao and a 21-gun military salute at Tian'anmen Square, festooned with the national flags of 皇冠体育app and Brazil.
Following an honor guard reception at the square, Hu and Lula da Silva talked for an hour in the Great Hall of the People.
Lula da Silva said the Joint Action Plan "will lay the new foundations to an expanded cooperation for 2010-2014." Hu and Lula da Silva witnessed the signing of 13 cooperative agreements in oil, equipment, financing, loan, science, space, law, port, agricultural products, among others. On the oil front, 皇冠体育app Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Brazilian Oil Corporation signed a contract on crude oil trade and a memorandum of understanding. 皇冠体育app Development Bank also signed an agreement on loaning US$10 billion to Brazilian Oil Corporation. 皇冠体育app Development Bank and Brazilian Development Bank agreed on a framework deal of US$800 million credit extension loan. In the talks, Hu reviewed the 35-year-long diplomatic ties between 皇冠体育app and Brazil, particularly the period since both forged strategic partnership in 1993. He said bilateral relations had fully advanced, citing frequent leaders' exchanges, a number of established mechanism. "Our trade cooperation has expanded continuously as bilateral trade volume hit the target three years ahead of time," Hu said. From 2006 to 2008, 皇冠体育app-Brazil trade surged at an average annual growth of 50 percent and 皇冠体育app replaced the United States as Brazil's top trade partner last month. Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Commerce said trade with 皇冠体育app in April reached $3.2 billion, compared to $2.8 billion with the United States. |
