Without Lula, Pacheco and ministers cancel the trip to China; businessmen maintain parallel schedules

President canceled official mission on medical recommendation after pneumonia; without the head of state, the ministers and the president of the Congress, Rodrigo Pacheco, will not make commitments in Asia as well

SPECIAL ENVOY TO BEIJING AND BRASILIA – The president of the Congress, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), and the ministers of state have canceled the trip to China after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that he had suspended the trip on medical advice. Lula has been diagnosed with bacterial bronchopneumonia and influenza A and is under observation. The Palazzo Planalto informed, this Saturday 25, that the visit will be rescheduled for a “new date” and that the Chinese authorities have been notified.

Part of Lula’s entourage is already in China, as well as a hundred businessmen. With the cancellation of the mission, the authorities who were to leave with the president also postponed the trip, which has lost its status as a meeting of heads of state.

In a statement, Pacheco confirmed that he is staying in Brazil and took the opportunity to “estimate a speedy recovery for President Lula”. In addition to the president of the Congress, the ministers of state who will follow Lula will remain in the country, such as Fernando Haddad (Finance), Marina Silva (Environment), Luciana Santos (Science and Technology) and Juscelino Filho (Communications).

The president of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Aloízio Mercadante, is said to be traveling on Lula’s plane, and will not board. Two bank directors, on the other hand, went to Beijing to participate in the activities, deepen the dialogue with the Chinese and will maintain the part of the agenda that was planned in parallel with the president’s presence in the Asian country.

Senators Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) and Jaques Wagner (PT-BA), who had been invited by Lula to join the entourage, will not go either.

Federal deputy Fausto Pinato (PP-SP), president of the Parliamentary Front of the Brazil-China Congress, is also said to be traveling to Asia. In a note, the lawmaker lamented the president’s pneumonia and wished “the most complete and rapid recovery of his health”.

“The parliamentary delegation remains united and ready to join the trip, in joint and harmonious efforts with the federal government, as soon as President Lula’s health is restored and the mission is resumed in close alignment with the Chinese authorities,” said the deputy .

Lula’s trip was supposed to start this Saturday 25th, but the start was postponed a day after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The new departure was scheduled for the morning of this Sunday 26. The president was reevaluated and the medical team recommended the PT member not to travel at this time.

“After today’s reassessment and despite the clinical improvement, the Medical Service of the Presidency of the Republic recommends postponing the trip to China until the end of the viral transmission cycle,” said Dr. Ana Helena Germoglio.

Ministers, diplomats and a delegation of 120 agribusiness entrepreneurs were already in Beijing waiting for the president. They have attended industry events and business and institutional meetings with Chinese government officials. More businessmen, from sectors such as industry and commerce, are expected to arrive in Beijing on Saturday.

Without Lula, businessmen must maintain private and parallel agendas in China. In addition to appointments with the president, they have meetings with representatives of their respective segments and forums promoted by Apex and the Brazilian Center for International Relations (Cebri).

Assistants to the president say that the rescheduling of a new trip by Lula to China depends not only on the Brazilian’s complete recovery, after the end of the viral cycle and flu transmission, but also on the possibility of rescheduling appointments with Xi Jinping.

Source: Terra

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