April 14, 2023

"Friendship is like a bottle of wine, the older, the better." Quoting the Brazilian proverb, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed the relationship between China and Brazil as "extraordinary" in Shanghai, the first leg of his four-day state visit to China.

The Brazilian president's assessment of the bilateral relations was echoed by President Xi Jinping, who addressed Lula as "an old friend" during their face-to-face talks on Friday in Beijing.

China will pursue high-quality development, accelerate the creation of a new development paradigm and promote high-standard opening-up, which will unlock new opportunities for Brazil and countries around the world, Xi said.

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