The President of Brazil, Lula da Silva, is scheduled to travel to Spain to hold a meeting with the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, next Monday, November 16, at the Palace of La Moncloa, amid the ongoing campaign for the general elections of November 29.
In addition to the official meeting, another event is planned in which the Brazilian leader will express his support for Sánchez ahead of the election, according to sources from the Executive.
It will be Lula’s first visit to Spain since he won the elections in his country on October 25. He will take advantage of a stopover in Madrid, on his return from the Climate Summit being held in Antalya (Turkey), to stage his support for the President of the Spanish Government.
During the appointment at Moncloa, Sánchez and Lula will address the status of bilateral relations and coordination on international initiatives such as Democracia Siempre or the Global Alliance against hunger and poverty.
The trip takes place shortly after the XXX Ibero-American Summit held in Madrid, which the Brazilian president did not attend due to accumulated fatigue after the election campaign in his country.
Da Silva achieved an unexpected victory in the runoff of the presidential elections against Flavio Bolsonaro, and Sánchez has turned to Brazil’s example in his pre-campaign events to encourage a socialist victory, despite the polls pointing to an unfavorable outcome.