Brazil and China held virtually, this Monday (23), the 6th plenary session of the Sino-Brazilian High Level Commission for Dialogue and Cooperation (Cosban). Established in 2004, Cosban is the main coordination mechanism for the bilateral relationship between Brazil and China and is commanded by the vice presidents of both countries.
After the meeting, Hamilton Mourão, vice president, gave a press conference. Asked about the consequences of statements made by Brazilian authorities about China during the pandemic, Mourão highlighted that “there were some noises”, but that relationship was always maintained at a “high level.”
The vice president also spoke about the impacts of Chinese strategies to combat the pandemic. “China has adopted a strategy to combat Covid that is totally different from the rest of the world due to the characteristics, let’s say, of the country and its system of government. It adopts this Covid zero strategy, which every now and then causes a disruption in terms of global supply chains, because it brings the economy to a halt,” said Mourão.
In the document signed by the vice presidents of the two countries, China and Brazil assessed that the cooperative relationship between the nations during the pandemic has been successful. The Brazilian deputy even mentioned the production of vaccines in partnership with the Butantan Institute and the Fiocruz foundation, as one of the main bilateral agreements between the countries.
“Let’s remember that we bought 100 million doses of Coronavac, in this agreement with Butantan, in addition we received inputs for the production of AstraZeneca at Fiocruz, that is, this partnership in terms of fighting the pandemic was extremely positive for us here in Brazil , and obvious for the trade relationship with China”, said Mourão.
Regarding new meetings between the countries, Hamilton Mourão recalled that President Jair Bolsonaro should meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in June, at the BRICS meeting.
Source: CNN Brasil
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