President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, for a meeting this Friday (17), at Palácio do Planalto, after the chancellor’s meeting with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, held on Thursday (16), in Washington. The meeting, according to the president’s agenda, is scheduled for 4 pm.
Vieira must report to Lula the main points of the conversation with Rubio, including the 15 minutes in which the two were alone at the White House, in addition to reviewing the negotiations regarding a possible meeting between Lula and the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Palácio do Planalto works with the date of October 26th, during the Asean Summit (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), in Malaysia, as the likely date for the meeting. Lula has already confirmed his presence at the event, but Trump’s participation is not yet guaranteed.
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“Productive” conversation
After the meeting in Washington, he said that the dialogue took place in an atmosphere of “relaxation and exchange of ideas”.
According to the chancellor, both demonstrated a willingness to work together to build a bilateral agenda.
“The meeting was very productive, in an excellent atmosphere of relaxation and exchange of ideas and positions in a clear and objective way, with a lot of willingness to work together to draw up a bilateral meeting agenda, to deal with specific trade topics”, stated Vieira.
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Also according to the minister, the two countries agreed to start negotiations on the tariffs imposed by the USA on Brazil “soon”. The new round of conversations will be led directly by Vieira and Rubio, who are expected to define the agenda for bilateral meetings in the coming days.
