The new president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawill arrive in the country tonight on a flight that will land at the Jorge Newbery airport, where Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero will receive him.
Within the framework of the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), the president will make his first official visit to Argentina since his return to the Planalto Palace.
The activities of the leader of the Workers’ Party will begin tomorrow, Monday at 10.30 with the traditional floral offering to the monument to José de San Martín, in the homonymous square located in the Retiro area. Later, He will go to the Government House where he will meet with President Alberto Fernández.
Later, both leaders will sign agreements for cooperation in Energy Sovereignty and Financial Integration, Defense, Health, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Antarctic Cooperation in the White Room, where several ministers will also be present, according to the Argentine Foreign Ministry. Later, they will announce to the press the key points of said treaties.
After lunch in the Eva Perón Room, at 3:00 p.m. they will participate in the opening of a Business Meeting at the Bicentennial Museumand then they will meet with representatives of different human rights organizations.
At 7:00 p.m. they will visit the Kirchner Cultural Center to attend the Concert of the Argentine-Brazilian Brotherhood. In addition, there will be exhibited a photographic exhibition by Ricardo Stucker called “Indigenous Peoples-Warriors of Time”.
On Tuesday, starting at 10, Fernández and Lula will participate together with the other heads of state, representatives and invited delegations from the VII Summit of Celac Presidentswhich will take place at the Sheraton de Retiro hotel.
