Bolsonaro meets foreign leaders to discuss partnerships and investments

Leaders from four countries met with President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday morning to discuss possible partnerships and investments in Brazil. During the meetings, Bolsonaro discussed the main efforts by the federal government to make Brazil more attractive for entrepreneurs and balance the country's economy.

On the first meeting of the day, Bolsonaro spoke with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. Rutee congratulated Bolsonaro for his victory in the election and said he shares Brazil's view of the importance of opening up the economy. The two leaders pledged to unite economic development with environmental preservation.

"People hope that we will take Brazil to the place of prominence it deserves, and this requires good international partnerships," said the president.

Devido ao fuso, os compromissos começam mais cedo em relação ao Brasil. Hoje, já conversamos com o Premiê da Holanda, Mark Rutte e o Primeiro-Ministro da República Tcheca, Andrej Babis. Apresentamos um Brasil com uma cara diferente e extremamente positiva. Bom dia a todos! 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/uH5AFlRapr

— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) 24 de janeiro de 2019

@jairbolsonaro:

The time zone differences mean our engagements begin earlier in relation to Brazil. Today, we have already spoken with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis. We showed them a Brazil with a different, extremely positive face. Good morning, everyone!

Czech Republic

During a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babis, Bolsonaro said the two countries have similar policies and that it is his goal to deepen friendship ties and consolidate trade between the two nations, in addition to developing cooperation efforts in technology and artificial intelligence.

Andrej Babis has shown interest in establishing dialog to increase investments on both sides. They agreed on having better control over immigration rules to respect each country’s peculiarities.

Poland and Ukraine

The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, spoke of increasing trade flow with South America through Brazilian leadership in the region. Bolsonaro said he wants to facilitate partnerships by reducing barriers and recovering confidence in Brazil, creating a better business environment for investors.

The last meeting of the morning was with the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. After the meeting, Bolsonaro attended a working lunch on "The World in the Age of Globalization 4.0".

Mais compromissos internacionais no dia de hoje: conversamos com o Presidente da Polônia 🇵🇱 ANDRZEJ DUDA e o Presidente da Ucrânia 🇺🇦 PETRO POROSHENKO. Graças a estas aproximações “olho no olho”, derivações positivas entre nossos países estão por vir. EXCELENTE! pic.twitter.com/0VjaRHNFHB

— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) 24 de janeiro de 2019

@jairbolsonaro:

More international engagements today: we spoke with the President of Poland, ANDRZEJ DUDA, and the President of Ukraine, PETRO POROSHENKO. Thanks to these face-to-face approaches, positive shifts between our countries are coming. EXCELLENT!