In an interview with CNN This Tuesday (15), Carlos Gustavo Poggio, PhD in International Relations, said that Bolsonaro’s visits to Russia and Hungary are not based on state relations, but on relations between individuals.
“The point is that President Bolsonaro himself has adopted a foreign policy since the beginning of his term not based on the relationship between states, but between individuals,” said Poggio.
“This visit to Hungary indicates that Brazil is not going to Russia with just a state-to-state relationship, but individuals with whom Bolsonaro believes he may have an ideological affinity,” added the expert.
Poggio said that the meeting, from a diplomatic point of view, is not a problem – both under “normal” circumstances and in a high-tension environment such as the present one – as Russia is an ally of Brazil and there is a history of meetings. between the presidents of the two countries.
However, this issue of the relationship between individuals shows “inconsistency in Brazilian foreign policy”.
“The main illustration of this is that his government began [Bolsonaro] saluting the American flag, saying he wanted a relationship with the US – when in fact it was a relationship with Trump – and now has an antagonistic relationship with the United States. The term begins by saluting the American flag and ends in the arms of Vladimir Putin,” he said.
Poggio also analyzes that the Russian president has a strategic vision of international relations. Thinking about the dispute with the United States, Russia is approaching countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
“This has nothing to do with left or right. He [Putin] supports Maduro, in Venezuela, and is now meeting with Bolsonaro”. stated.
Finally, the expert said that “Bolsonaro doesn’t have much to lose. Politically, he has to win. He shows, in an election year, that he is not isolated from a diplomatic point of view.”
“I do not see, neither from the point of view of the Brazilian interest nor the personal interest of Bolsonaro, sufficient reasons why he should cancel this visit to Putin,” he added.
Source: CNN Brasil
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