The 30-minute conversation occurred after months of dramatic deterioration of the relationship between Brasilia and Washington. The US leader increased to 50 percent. Dutch on Brazilian goods and imposed sanctions on several representatives of the Brazilian justice system, demanding the release of former President Brazil Jaira Bolsonaro, who was the rival of Lula and the ally of Trump.
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The American president decided that the extreme right politician, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for preparing a coup d'état, fell victim to “witch hunt”.
Possible breakthrough in the accounts of conflicted presidents
In the Monday conversation, the Brazilian president asked Trump to withdraw tariffs and sanctions on Brazilian officials – he was said in a communiqué. The leaders were also to determine that they would meet personally, “possible” in Malaysia.
Trump announced that the conversation mainly concerned the economy and trade and that it was good. “There are more conversations ahead of us and we will meet in such a distant future, in Brazil and the USA,” wrote the American leader on his portal Truthsocial.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg said that officials from the USA and Brazil are working on the organization of a meeting of leaders. The agency donated, citing Brazilian sources, that a possible meeting would probably take place in the third country, and a good opportunity would be the peak of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), which will start on October 26 in Malaysia.
