President Lee Jae-myung began a summit with Brazil President Inácio Lula da Silva.
On the 27th, according to political circles and others, the president arrived at the presidential palace in Brasília at about 10:30 a.m. local time and launched into the summit.
Arriving at the presidential palace under escort from Brazil's mounted honor guard, the president went straight to meet President Lula, and the two reportedly exchanged greetings with a hug.
It has been about a month since the two leaders last met at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Évian, France, in June. A scene was also captured of President Lula walking arm in arm with the president as they talked.
President Lee and President Lula are expected to discuss cooperation on supply chains for critical minerals such as rare earths and the resumption of negotiations on a trade agreement between Korea and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
Meanwhile, after the summit, the president plans to move to São Paulo to preside over a luncheon meeting with the Korean community and a Korea-Brazil business roundtable event.
In addition, from the 29th for two days, there will be an official visit to Chile and a summit with Chile President José Antonio Kast of the new Chilean government launched this year.