Bolsonaro and Macri will meet this week to speed up the Mercosur-EU deal – Telam

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will arrive in Buenos Aires next week to meet with his counterpart Mauricio Macri and push forward bilateral cooperation measures, as well as ongoing negotiations to speed up an agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) ). .

"I was recently with Macri, with whom I had promised to visit Argentina, a sister country, the agreement between Mercosur and the EU being in front of us, I 'm sure Hope that everything will be settled quickly, we must see the smallest details, it will boost our economies We are aware that we can lose some things, but in general, it will be very good, "said Bolsonaro in an interview published by the newspaper La Nación.

The Brazilian president, who will arrive in Buenos Aires on Thursday, said that at the meeting he will hold with Macri, they will also "discuss other measures of bilateral cooperation". He travels with several of his ministers. A few days ago, the two interlocutors spoke by telephone and agreed on the need to define a common position with a view to concluding a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European bloc.