The King meets with the President of Guinea Bissau on his trip to Brazil for the inauguration of Lula da Silva

MADRID, 2 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The King held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, within the framework of the events for the Transmission of the Presidential Command to the President-elect of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva.

Felipe VI landed this Sunday in Brasilia, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares. Upon his arrival, he was received by the Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz; the ambassador of Spain in the Federative Republic of Brazil, María Del Mar Fernández-Palacios; and the Secretary for the Middle East, Europe and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Kenneth Félix Haczynski, among other personalities.

He then held a meeting at the residence of the Spanish Embassy in the Federative Republic of Brazil, in which the monarch had the opportunity to greet the diplomatic staff of the Spanish Embassy in Brazil and a representative of the Spanish community.

After the meeting with the Spanish community, Felipe VI attended lunch with the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and later went to the National Congress, where accompanied by both ministers, he attended the solemn ceremony of Transmission of the Presidential Command, where previously a minute of silence was observed in memory of Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" and Benedict XVI, after which the inauguration of Lula da Silva as president of Brazil and Geraldo Alckmin as vice president began.

The King, along with the rest of the attending heads of state and government, headed towards the Planalto Palace. And after the speech of the Brazilian president-elect there was a greeting with the King.

To end the day, on Sunday, January 1, His Majesty the King held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco.

This Monday, January 2, the monarch will hold a meeting with Luiz Lula da Silva, at the Itamaraty Palace and at the end of said meeting he will travel to the Brasilia Air Base, from where he will begin his return trip to Spain.