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Exclusive | Chinese ambassador to Brazil pitches Belt and Road membership as ‘fundamental measure’
- Envoy tells Post that Brasilia could demonstrate ‘stability’ in bilateral ties by joining Beijing’s flagship infrastructure and trade scheme
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Igor Patrickin São Paulo
China and Brazil “should not be satisfied with the current status of cooperation”, Beijing’s ambassador to Brasilia told the Post in an interview on Monday, describing membership in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a “fundamental measure” to boost synergies between the two countries.
Attending a China-Brazil Business Council event in Sao Paulo days before the 50th anniversary of the countries’ ties, Zhu Qingqiao made his remarks as Brasilia ponders what it could gain by joining Beijing’s flagship infrastructure and trade project.
Qingqiao’s comments, delivered to business leaders and government officials, echoed sentiments shared in July by Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, whose words marked the first time Brasilia openly discussed the possibility of joining the scheme.
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Zhu told the Post that if Brazil were to join the BRI it would be a “demonstration of stability” in the two countries’ “long-term cooperative relationship”.
Membership in the global framework could also provide mutual benefit and “facilitate the identification of synergies between Brazilian demand and China’s interests in the most strategic sectors”, the ambassador said.
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