Lula to Pay State Visit to the Philippines on November 14-15: First by a Sitting Brazilian President; to Attend ASEAN Summit as Guest of the Chair
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will pay a state visit to the Philippines on November 14-15, the Philippine Presidential Communications Office announced on November 10. It will be the first visit to the Philippines by a sitting Brazilian president, and it coincides with the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, established on July 4, 1946. The Philippine News Agency reported the announcement the same day.
During the visit, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will receive Lula at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, where the two leaders will hold bilateral talks on trade and investment, agriculture, energy, science and technology, and defense, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and expanding cooperation.
Lula will also attend the plenary of the 49th ASEAN Summit on November 15 as Guest of the Chair, at President Marcos's invitation. The Philippines holds the ASEAN chairmanship this year, and Brazil is a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of the bloc. It will be Lula's second consecutive appearance at an ASEAN leaders' summit, following his attendance at the 2025 meeting in Malaysia.
The trip is among Lula's first major foreign journeys since his re-election. He won a fourth term on October 25, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro in the presidential runoff, and has since travelled to Antalya, Türkiye, for the COP31 climate conference. The 49th ASEAN Summit and related meetings run from November 15 to 17 in Manila, with U.S. President Donald Trump among the leaders confirmed to attend.
Related: 49th ASEAN Summit Opens in Manila on November 15, With at Least 19 World Leaders Confirmed
(Source: Philippine News Agency)
Source: Philippine News Agency
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：巴西总统卢拉（资料图）。本站档案图复用。 / Photo: Brazilian President Lula (file photo). GSM archive reuse.
Delhi Overtakes Lahore on November 13 as the World's Most Polluted Major City: IQAir Reads the Air Quality Index at a Hazardous 334, While India's Central Pollution Control Board Reads 403 and Rates It Severe2026-11-13
A Second Car Bomb in Two Days in Russia Explodes in Moscow on November 13: Russian Media Say the Car Belonged to Exiled Ukrainian Political Aide Sergei Zavorotniy, Who Was Hospitalised, and the Investigative Committee Has Opened an Investigation2026-11-13