The Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil considered this Thursday that the The relationship between the heads of state of Portugal and Brazil “is normal”even though Bolsonaro did not invite Marcelo to lunch in Brasilia.
The relationship [entre chefes de Estado de Portugal e do Brasil] It is normal. President Marcelo will be celebrating 200 years of independence”, stated Luiz Eduardo Ramos.
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaroannounced through the media that I would not have lunch with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousascheduled for Monday, in Brasilia, after the Portuguese head of state met with former brazilian president Lula da Silva.
“There was a written invitation, I accepted it in writing. Since there is no written confirmation, that means that, in fact, I will stay in the original program,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declared on Sunday about the incident with Bolsonaro, adding: “No drama at all”.
During a visit to the Higher Institute of Engineering of Coimbra (ISEC), which took place this Thursday morning, Luiz Eduardo Ramos told journalists that the cancellation of the lunch it did not harm the relationship between the two countries.
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“President Marcelo was in Rio de Janeiro and many people recognized him. We have been here since Sunday and President Bolsonaro is very loved by many Portuguese: absolutely nothing has changed”, he pointed out.
Luiz Eduardo Ramos also took the opportunity to show that it is unheard of that a country that was colonized celebrates 200 years of its independence together with the colonizing country.
“We have high hopes that D. Pedro’s heart will go to the celebrations [que irão decorrer no Brasil]. We have great admiration for D. Pedro IV, who in Brazil is D. Pedro I: he must be from the time zone, but he is the same Pedro”, he joked.
Source: Observadora
