
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung welcomed Brazilian President Lula da Silva with a warm embrace and full state honors, highlighting their shared backgrounds as former child laborers and reaffirming bilateral ties during Lula’s official visit to Seoul.

Brazilian President Lula will make a state visit to South Korea from February 22, marking the first such visit in 21 years, with a summit scheduled with President Lee Jae-myung to strengthen bilateral cooperation across trade, investment, and key sectors.
#australia #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #genocide / #statevisit / #protest
„Denied permission to march, thousands still gathered in central Sydney to protest the visit of Israel’s president. The demonstration revealed both the scale of public anger and the state’s increasingly fraught response to dissent.“
https://worldbeyondwar.org/herzog-greeted-by-mass-protest-in-australia-despite-limits-on-marching/
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(All correct, but there are currently countless violations of international law by the IDF – apparently against people with the wrong nationality…)
„Australia is demanding criminal charges over a 2024 Israeli air strike on an aid convoy in Gaza that killed 7 people, including an Australian aid worker (…).“
#australia #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #genocide / #antisemitism / #bondibeach / #statevisit / #protest
„Thousands of protesters gathered on Monday to oppose Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia, with left-wing and pro-Palestinian groups planning additional demonstrations nationwide.“
#australia #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #antisemitism / #bondibeach / #statevisit / #constitutionallaw
»“The commissioner of police has the power to make sure that everyone (…) is kept safe, …. the general public as well as people who are peacefully opposing the presence of a man who has incited #genocide.
“(…) The police …have a responsibility to ensure that lawful rights are upheld, & that includes the safe exercise of the right to #protest.”«
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