Lula, Trump discuss ‘Board of Peace’, agree to meet in Washington: Brazil

Brazil’s President Lula criticises US actions successful Venezuela, calling the seizure of Maduro an unacceptable enactment against determination stability.

‍Brazilian ‍President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has held a ⁠phone telephone ​with his US ‍counterpart Donald Trump and agreed ‍to ⁠visit Washington soon, the Brazilian authorities said successful a statement.

The 2 leaders connected Monday discussed respective issues during the 50-minute call, including the concern successful Venezuela, Trump’s projected “Board of Peace” for Gaza, and the combat against organised crime.

“Lula and Trump ​exchanged ‌views connected the concern successful Venezuela, and the ‌Brazilian president stressed ‌the value of ⁠preserving bid and stableness successful the region,” ‌the connection said.

Regarding Venezuela, the Brazilian president stressed the value of “preserving bid and stableness successful the region”, the connection said.

Lula has criticised the ‍US abduction of ⁠Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was deposed earlier this period and taken to New York to look drug-trafficking charges. The Brazilian president had condemned the determination arsenic crossing “an unacceptable line”.

Lula emphasised to Trump connected Monday the request to enactment for the payment of ​the Venezuelan people.

The Brazilian government’s connection did not accidental whether Lula accepted Trump’s ‍invitation to articulation the initiative.

Board of Peace

Lula besides ‌requested that Trump’s caller connection for a Board of Peace “be constricted to the contented of Gaza and see a spot for Palestine”, arsenic planetary powers interest the inaugural launched past ‌Thursday could presume a wider relation and rival the United Nations.

Lula besides urged the “comprehensive betterment of the United Nations, including the enlargement of the imperishable members of the Security Council”.

On Friday, Lula, 80, accused Trump, 79, of trying to make “a caller UN wherever lone helium is the owner”, with his projected “Board of Peace” pursuing the October 10 ceasefire successful the Israel-Palestine war.

Although primitively intended to oversee Gaza’s rebuilding, the board’s charter does not look to bounds its relation to the Palestinian territory and seems to purpose to rival the United Nations.

Traditional US allies, including France and Britain, person besides expressed doubts.

‘Unacceptable line’

Lula and Trump person been successful interaction respective times since their archetypal authoritative gathering successful October, which ushered successful improved ties aft months of animosity betwixt Washington and Brasilia.

As a result, Trump’s medication has exempted cardinal Brazilian exports from 40 percent tariffs that had been imposed connected Brazil, and lifted sanctions connected a apical Brazilian judge.

Earlier this month, Lula said the US onslaught connected Venezuela to abduct President Maduro crossed “an unacceptable line”.

The presidency said the sojourn would instrumentality spot aft Lula’s trips to India and South Korea successful February, and that a day would beryllium acceptable “soon”.

The seasoned leftist Lula has held telephone calls successful caller days with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.