Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has confirmed that he will make an official visit to India in February, after which he will travel to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump.
Lula said in a post on X that he spoke to President Trump by telephone and the two leaders agreed on a meeting in Washington after his visits to India and South Korea in February, with dates to be finalised soon. In India, Lula is also expected to take part in the AI Summit being held in New Delhi in February.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a telephone call from the Brazilian President, and the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen the India-Brazil Strategic Partnership and take it to even greater heights in the year ahead. In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said that the two leaders had noted with satisfaction the significant progress achieved across diverse areas of bilateral cooperation, including trade and investment, technology, defence, energy, health, agriculture, and people-to-people ties.