Lula sees Meloni in Rome. Meeting with Mattarella, include with the Pope

Il President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, today on an authentic go to to Rome, met the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein and Pope Francis in the Vatican. Around 17.00, consequently, the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the one with the mayor of Rome Gualtieri in Campidoglio.

AT THE QUIRINALE FROM MATTARELLA: “BROTHER COUNTRIES”

The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella received Lula this morning at the Quirinale, finally pleasing him at breakfast. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, became gift on the assembly.

”Welcome President!”. The Head of State consequently welcomed Lula at the Quirinale. ”Your presence in Rome – said Mattarella – is an honor for the Italian Republic and for me it's miles a awesome pleasure to welcome you and the delegation that accompanies you. In fact, I ought to welcome you back, because you met two of my predecessors on the Quirinale. I am very pleased that you return to the Quirinale as president of Brazil”.

Mattarella expressed to Lula ”great appreciation for his protection of democracy and Parliament while there was an assault on Parliament in an try to subvert the electoral outcomes. It turned into a totally vital moment of fantastic democracy. His presence right here is once again an possibility to reaffirm the closeness and friendship that binds Brazil and Italy and the will to increase our collaboration from each factor of view”.

“An interview with President Sergio Mattarella on the closest members of the family between two sister international locations, Italy and Brazil, and on the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur”, wrote Lula on Twitter, posting pix of his meeting these days at the Quirinale with the President of the Republic. “We will work to convey our universities closer together and extend change among our nations,” adds the Brazilian president in his tweet.

THE MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY PD SCHLEIN

Pd secretary Elly Schlein additionally met with Lula inside the morning. “I am very glad to have been capable of meet President Lula for the primary time, a completely advantageous meeting, we discussed commonplace challenges, democracy, the climate, social justice”, stated the dem after the assembly.

THE EMBRACE WITH THE POPE

He then stopped at the Vatican, wherein President Lula became welcomed via the Pope with a heat embody. The 45-minute face-to-face between Bergoglio and Lula happened within the Auletta of the Paul VI Hall.

“I’m still alive”, the words of the Pope, standing leaning on a cane, as Lula arrived. “We are in wartime, peace may be very fragile”, he then underlined in Spanish all through the exchange of gifts. In reality, Bergoglio also gave Lula a bronze casting with a flower and an inscription that reminds us that peace is a fragile flower.

“Courage”, Francis then stated to Lula, accompanied at the visit with the aid of his wife Rosangela Da Silva, who is very socially concerned in Brazil.

Bergoglio gave Lula this 12 months’s message for peace; the record on Human Fraternity; the e book on the Statio Orbis of 27 March 2020, and a bronze bas-relief ‘Peace is a delicate flower’. In flip, Lula paid homage to the Pope with a print with the aid of the Pernambuco artist JF Borges and an outline of the statue of Our Lady of Nazarè, from Belem. It is the same gift he gave to Ukrainian President Zelensky in May on the event of his visit.

“I thank Pope Francis for the audience within the Vatican and for the beautiful speech on peace in the global,” Lula wrote on Twitter, posting photos of his meeting and his include with the Pontiff.

The Brazilian president, as he introduced in recent days, has formally invited the Pope to participate inside the birthday party in honor of Our Lady of Nazareth which takes area in Belem in October.

LULA IN THE CAMPIDOGLIO FROM GUALTIERI

The Brazilian president then went to the Capitol. The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri welcomed him at the doorway to the Vignola. After an preliminary handshake, the 2 embraced.

“It is a amazing satisfaction to have met President Lula and if you want to meet him again as President of Brazil is a dream that has come real after a darkish period. His return to the presidency is an amazing event for the Brazilian people and for the whole international community “said the mayor of Rome after the assembly.

“As every person is aware of, the signs and symptoms of this effective ‘Lula’ impact are already obvious in Brazil. A scenario of robust revival and development, but I would really like to underline the position that Brazil can play for the ecological transition, the fight in opposition to climate exchange combined with social struggle for a extra democratic and multilateral world authorities, which are some of the topics we've got addressed – he said – It is an vital task for Rome and for the entire world wherein Brazil can play a essential position at an worldwide stage. Meeting Lula nowadays is the pleasure of meeting a pal, however additionally a factor of reference for me for the progressives of Rome and the sector. A pleasure for me for which I thank the president”.