US President Joe Biden called President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) this afternoon (31). In addition to congratulating him on the election results, Biden also spoke to Lula about the “strength of democratic institutions”, citing fears that the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government would not respect the election result.
During the meeting, the two also talked about the diplomatic relations between the two countries and the difficulties that the two countries will face regarding climate change. The contents of the conversation were released this afternoon in a White House letter.
Disconnected. Biden tried to meet with Lula after the election results last night. However, the signal was interrupted and the call was postponed until this afternoon. The PT’s lack of a cell phone also made communication difficult, as someone had to mediate the conversation between the two.
Just yesterday, the White House sent a congratulatory message to the PT. The American president was already signaling that he would not question Bolsonaro about the Brazilian election process.
I repeat. Biden’s US election has met with resistance from former President Donald Trump. A group of Trump supporters even occupied the Capitol, the country’s Convention headquarters. The Bolsonaro family’s rapprochement with Trump worried both the White House and the PT, who feared a similar process in Brazil with Bolsonaro’s defeat.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. He met today with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President-elect of Brazil, to congratulate him on his election. During the video conference, President Biden praised the strength of Brazilian democratic institutions after free, fair and credible elections. The two leaders discussed the strong relationship between the United States and Brazil and committed to continuing to work together to address common issues, including tackling climate change, protecting food security, promoting inclusion and democracy, and managing regional migration.”
Statement from the White House on Biden’s call to Lula
Busy line. Since yesterday, Lula has been receiving calls from political leaders around the world. The procedure is traditional in international relations and indicates when another country recognizes the result of the Brazilian election. So far, PT has received congratulations from personalities such as:
- Olaf Scholz (German chancellor)
- Rishi Sunak (UK Prime Minister)
- Emmanuel Macron (President of France)
- Antônio Guterres (UN Secretary General)
- Antônio Costa (Prime Minister of Portugal)
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (President of Portugal)
- Miguel Diaz-Canel (Cuban President)
- Sergio Mattarella (President of Italy)
- Giorgia Meloni (Italian Prime Minister)
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source: Noticias
