Macri greeted Bolsonaro and asked for "collaboration for the prosperity of the people"

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President Mauricio Macri today sent a message of greeting to the new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and he hoped that both governments "will continue to work together for the prosperity" of both countries.

"I want to send my best wishes to Jair Bolsonaro on the day he assumes as president of Brazil, a friend and brother country, and I trust that our governments will continue to collaborate for the prosperity of our peoples," Macri said in a message broadcast through social networks.

Chancellor Jorge Faurie attended the inauguration ceremony of the new president, representing Macri, who will travel on January 16 to Brasilia to meet with Bolsonaro.

Macri will meet with Bolsonaro on January 16 and it is discounted that, among other issues, both leaders will discuss the regional position on the situation in Venezuela, and the business agenda with Brazil, Argentina's largest trading partner.

Although the day was plagued by protocol activities of the assumption, sources consulted did not rule out that Faurie had dialogue with the new Brazilian Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, to prepare the next meeting that Macri and Bolsonaro will hold in two weeks, when the Argentine president travels to Visit your brand new Brazilian colleague.

Faurie and Araújo (who have known each other since the time when both were working on the construction of Mercosur for their respective countries) held a working breakfast in early December, where the Minister of Production and Labor, Dante Sica, also participated.

After that meeting, Faurie told the press that he had achieved a "frank convergence" with his partner Araújo, noting that "the Bolsonaro government intends to greatly enhance the relationship with Washington" and stressed that the two countries see "the need to give a greater dynamism to Mercosur "that broadens the possibilities of negotiating with the world.