Brazil supported Argentina for economic measures implemented

The Jair government Bolsonaro will support "all stabilization efforts" of Argentina, said today the Minister of Economy of Brazil, Paulo Guedes, having received his counterpart from the Argentine Treasury in Rio de Janeiro, Nicolás Dujovne

Mr. Dujovne met Guedes for an hour at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy in Rio de Janeiro, central Rio de Janeiro, with which he reviewed the bilateral agenda but also the common objectives facing negotiations for the conclusion of the European Union.

"I want to say that we fully support Minister Nicolás and President Macri; they have all our support; President Bolsonaro identified a lot with Macri and me with Minister Dujovne, it seems we knew each other 20 years ago, "said Guedes.

The Brazilian minister, who has Bolsonaro's permission to make the economic decisions, stressed: "We will support all the efforts of integration and stabilization" of Argentina.

Brazil is the main partner of Argentina and, like the most powerful economies of Mercosur, both countries have decided to work towards the conclusion of a free trade agreement negotiated with l & # 39; EU.

The visit of Dujovne takes place after the two Chancelleries announced for June 6 the first trip to Argentina from Bolsonaro since January 1st.

Even on Thursday night, Bolsonaro expressed his "concerns" about the possibility that Argentina would be turned into "another Venezuela" if the opposition won the election in October.

For his part, Dujovne said that the agenda with Guedes included the preparation of the visit of Bolsonaro to Buenos Aires, the agreement with the European Union and Mercosur and "the agenda of the regional infrastructures ".

"We are partners, we are country brothers and We are coordinating the final details of future negotiations with the European Union. We talked about these details because we will have discussions with Europe in May. We are moving in the details, "said Dujovne.

Guedes expanded on his statement by saying that both ministers were committed to reaching a consensus within Mercosur to present in negotiations with the EU.

"The idea is to reach the Mercosur-EU bilateral treaty until the end of the year", says Guedes. The Brazilian minister has ratified what was included in the Macri report to Bolsonaro last January, according to which the two countries agreed to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff.

"Our relationships go beyond trade to reach common infrastructure projects," he added.

On Wednesday, it was learned that Bolsonaro would make an official visit to Buenos Aires on June 6 to meet with Macri and discuss issues on the bilateral and regional agenda.

Although some questions from this meeting have not been clarified, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said that "this would allow the two presidents to clearly define the new directions of their relations" and to "give impetus". policy needed for the priority issues of the bilateral agenda "