US President Joe Biden. , Photo Credit: AP
US President Joe Biden expressed “unwavering” support Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvain a phone call on Monday and invited him to the White House next month.
“President Biden conveyed the United States’ unwavering support for Brazil’s democracy,” the White House said in a statement. Biden, who is in Mexico City invited Lula to meet him in “early February”, for a summit.
According to the statement, Lula accepted the invitation.
The phone call came a day after supporters of Lula’s defeated right-wing rival, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Attacked the chair of the government in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil,
His attack, fueled by repeated false claims by the Bolsonaro camp that last year’s election was stolen, comes shortly after former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the US Capitol after he lost his 2020 election to Biden .
World leaders have already closed ranks around Lula, a veteran left-wing politician and former president of Latin America’s most populous country.
Biden told Lula about his support for “the free will of the Brazilian people, as expressed in Brazil’s recent presidential election, which was won by President Lula. President Biden called for violence and attacks on democratic institutions and Condemned the peaceful transfer of power.
Describing the February meeting in Washington as an opportunity to “in-depth,” the statement said, “the two leaders agreed to work together on issues facing the United States and Brazil, including climate change, economic development, and peace and security.” promised.” Consultation on a broad shared agenda.