President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) received this Thursday, 8th, a call from the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. According to a note from the Presidency’s Social Communication Secretariat (Secom), the two discussed the crisis in Venezuela, created after the United States military attack and the capture of the Venezuelan dictator, Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday, 3.
According to the Secom note, the leaders condemned the use of force by the United States without the support of the United Nations Charter and international law.
In the call, Lula said that Venezuela’s destiny must be decided “sovereignly by its people” and expressed the desire for South America to remain a region of peace. Also according to Secom, the two defended the reform of global institutions.
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“The president and the prime minister agreed on the need to reform global governance institutions,” says the Secom note.
Lula and the Canadian Prime Minister also agreed to speed up the negotiation of an agreement between Mercosur and Canada.
Carney accepted an invitation from Lula to visit Brazil. According to Secom, the Canadian leader’s arrival should take place in April.
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