BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping informed his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the 2 nations may set an instance of “self-reliance” in a cellphone name on Tuesday (Aug 12), state media reported.
The 2 leaders have each sought in latest months to current their nations as staunch defenders of the multilateral buying and selling system – in stark distinction with US President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught.
Xi stated China would “work with Brazil to set an instance of unity and self-reliance amongst main nations within the World South” and “collectively construct a extra simply world and extra sustainable planet”, in line with state information company Xinhua.
He additionally stated that “all nations ought to unite and firmly oppose unilateralism and protectionism”, Xinhua reported – a thinly veiled reference to US tariffs.
A press release by the Brazilian presidency stated that the cellphone name lasted about an hour, throughout which period Lula and Xi mentioned a variety of matters together with the war in Ukraine and combating local weather change.
“Each agreed on the position of the G20 and BRICS in defending multilateralism,” the assertion stated.
The leaders additionally “dedicated to increasing the scope of cooperation in sectors akin to well being, oil and fuel, digital economic system and satellites”, it added.
The cellphone name got here after Lula indicated plans final week to talk with the leaders of India and China to contemplate a coordinated response to US tariffs.
