May 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his personal relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump could help attract American investment to Brazil, prevent more tariffs and sanctions and secure respect for Brazilian democracy.
“Trump knows I oppose war with Iran, disagree with his intervention in Venezuela and condemn the genocide that is happening in Palestine,” Lula said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday.
“But my political disagreements with Trump do not interfere with my relationship with him as a head of state. What I want is for him to treat Brazil with respect, understanding that I am the democratically elected president here.”
(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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