Meeting with Brazil’s ambassador Bernard Klingl

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Brazil’s ambassador Bernard Klingl on 2 February.

“I think we should step up efforts to build our relations and not overcomplicate things. We need to keep it simple. The economy is the foundation. So, we need to identify areas of economic cooperation that are of interest to Brazil and, conversely, to Belarus. This is achievable,” the head of state said.

Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that there was a large number of issues to discuss. “Mutually beneficial issues, which I have raised before. But some of them have not been resolved. Since they are mutually beneficial (as you can see, time is changing very rapidly), we need to approach these issues seriously and decide whether we will move in this direction,” he said.

The head of state also emphasized that experts in both Belarus and Brazil share identical views on world affairs. “This will help and is already helping to forge more effective relations between our countries,” the President stated.

“Brazil is going through an important political period. As far as I know, this year you will hold general elections, where you will elect practically everyone. Frankly speaking, I do not envy you, because this is a challenging time. We sincerely hope that the current President of Brazil will remain in office following these elections. To my knowledge, he has confirmed his participation,” the head of state said.

“If necessary, we will do our utmost to ensure that the elections in Brazil take place in a peaceful and calm atmosphere, in the interests of the Brazilian people. If that is required,” the Belarusian President assured.