Jair Bolsonaro refused to cancel his trip to Russia and denied pressure from the United States

Jair Bolsonaro refused to cancel his trip to Russia and denied pressure from the United States

“Yes (Joe) Biden invites me, I will be in the United States with the greatest pleasure,” Bolsonaro remarked, in statements reflected by the newspapers O Globo and Folha de Sao Paulo.

“Brazil is Brazil, Russia is Russia, I have good relations with the whole world,” he stated in Porto Velho, capital of the Amazonian state of Rondonia, before receiving his Peruvian counterpart, Pedro Castillo, at the Rio Madeira Palace, seat of the government. , to discuss bilateral issues.

Although official confirmation is lacking, the head of state is scheduled to travel to Moscow at the invitation of Putin between February 14 and 17.

The statements alluding to Biden were also taken by public opinion as an irony towards that president since Bolsonaro publicly supported his rival in the presidential elections, donald trump.

In turn, the Brazilian’s trip is taken as part of his campaign for re-election and search for new alliances since with Trump’s defeat he does not have a far-right leader to join to consolidate an international policy.

Source: Ambito

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