João Lourenço left for Brasília on Thursday morning and will have a “particularly busy” schedule, with the first acts of the visit scheduled for this afternoon, according to the presidency.
The head of state will hold separate meetings with the president of the Federal Senate and president of the National Congress, Senator Davi Alcolumbre, then with deputy Hugo Motta, president of the Chamber of Deputies, and, finally, with the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso.
João Lourenço will be with Lula da Silva on Friday, the day when the signing of agreements and an official lunch are scheduled to take place at the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The president is expected to hold a meeting with a group representing the Brazilian business class on the same day.
On Saturday, the last day of the visit, João Lourenço will meet with African ambassadors on a mission in Brazil and members of CARICOM (Caribbean Community).
Brazil was the first country to recognize Angola after the country's independence on November 11, 1975, and the two countries have maintained a close bilateral relationship with cooperation agreements in several areas.
João Lourenço had previously been in Brazil to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Lula da Silva, who took office for his third term in January 2023.
The Brazilian President visited Angola in August of that same year, his first visit to an African country in his new term, and third official trip to Angola, after those made in 2003 and 2007.
Last week, the Brazilian government said that Lula da Silva and João Lourenço will analyze proposals to strengthen bilateral ties in the agricultural sector.
A mission from the Brazilian agribusiness sector was in Angola from May 5 to 10, with the participation of around 30 Brazilian businesspeople and the Brazilian minister in charge, Carlos Fávaro, who participated in government meetings and technical visits in the provinces of Luanda, Malanje and Cuanza-Norte, and also meetings with representatives of the private sector to discuss forms of financing.
According to the Brazilian government, the visit aimed to prepare proposals for advancing bilateral cooperation in the agricultural sector, on the eve of João Lourenço's visit.
