Press Release

30 December 2022

Minister Pandor to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the Brazilian President-elect Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Vice President-elect, Mr Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho on 01 January 2023

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, will represent President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Inauguration Ceremony of the President-elect of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Vice President-elect, Mr Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho, scheduled to take place on 01 January 2023.

South Africa enjoys cordial relations with Brazil.

Brazil is South Africa’s largest trading partner in Latin America and is the second largest trading partner in the Americas after the USA. South Africa is Brazil’s second largest export partner in Africa, after Egypt and its fourth largest import partner from Africa after Algeria, Morocco, and Nigeria.

ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION

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