SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva mentioned on Wednesday (Jun 26) he believes his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei owes him and Brazilians an apology for having mentioned “lots of silly issues” about Brazil.
The leftist Brazilian chief mentioned in an interview with information outlet UOL that he has nonetheless not met Milei, a right-wing libertarian who took workplace in December as a result of he desires an apology first.
Milei, an ally of far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, attacked Lula a number of occasions through the Argentine politician’s profitable presidential marketing campaign final 12 months, dubbing him an “offended communist” and “corrupt”.
“I simply need him to apologise,” Lula mentioned. “Argentina is a rustic that I like very a lot. It’s a crucial nation for Brazil and Brazil is essential for Argentina.”
Brazil this month requested Argentina for details about dozens of Bolsonaro supporters in search of refuge within the neighbouring nation to keep away from authorized penalties for storming the capital, Brasilia, final 12 months as a part of an alleged coup try.
Milei steered throughout his marketing campaign that he would baulk at doing enterprise with Brazil, which is Argentina’s prime commerce accomplice and the biggest economic system in Latin America.
Requested about Lula’s feedback, Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni instructed a press convention that the Argentine authorities respects the Brazilian chief however that Milei has completed nothing he ought to remorse, “not less than for now”.
Adorni added that Milei “cordially greeted” Lula when the 2 had a “probability assembly” on the G7 summit in Italy earlier this month, however famous that they had no bilateral talks.