Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed his trip to Argentina for …

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, announced this Thursday his official trip to Argentina, March 26, to meet for the first time face to face Alberto Fernández, as part of the celebrations of the 30 years of the founding of Mercosur, and supported Argentina’s negotiations with the IMF.

“On March 26, I will be in Buenos Aires, in our beloved Argentina, to celebrate the new anniversary of Mercosur,” Bolsonaro said on his Facebook show every Thursday.

The Brazilian president will visit for the first time his third trading partner and the first within Mercosur, also made up of Paraguay and Uruguay. Bolsonaro also supported Argentina’s negotiation to restructure its debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

“The Covid has caused economic hardship around the world. We are swelling so that Argentina can successfully negotiate with the IMF, the situation is quite complicated. Brazil is one of the big stakeholders in this area. And it will be the first time that I will speak with the president ”, declared Bolsonaro, accompanied by the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarsiso de Freitas.

The confirmation of the Brazilian president’s visit comes two days after Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo urged the relaxation of Mercosur so that each country can make trade deals unilaterally, outside the bloc.

Bolsonaro and Fernández spoke virtually on November 30, Binational Friendship Day, as part of a rapprochement strategy initiated in Brasilia by the Argentine ambassador, former vice-president Daniel Scioli.