President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received a call from the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, this Thursday afternoon (8). According to Palácio do Planalto, the two leaders exchanged views on the situation in Venezuela and the impacts on the region.
“Both condemned the use of force without support in the United Nations Charter and international law. Lula highlighted that the fate of Venezuela must be decided sovereignly by its people and that South America must continue to be a zone of peace”, said Planalto, in a statement.
According to the statement, the president and prime minister agreed on the need to reform global governance institutions
Last Saturday (3), a military invasion of the United States (USA) resulted in the kidnapping of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cília Flores.
In the call, the Canadian accepted Lula’s invitation to visit Brazil in April. Among the topics to be addressed is the advancement of a possible trade agreement between Mercosur and Canada.
Earlier, Lula also spoke by phone with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petroand with the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Mexico
In the conversation with the Mexican leader, Lula also discussed the topic of Venezuela and both defended multilateralism, repudiated the US military invasion and contested the vision that tries to separate the world into zones of influence of great powers. Lula and Sheinbaum also discussed preparations for a visit by the Mexican leader to Brazil, which has not yet been set, and cooperation between the countries in combating violence against women.
