BERLIN– Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s representative refuted Wednesday that the German leader suggested to denigrate Brazil after seeing the city organizing the U.N. environment top, protecting his position towards the nation adhering to comments that drew sharp criticism from authorities there.
Head Of State Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Belem’s mayor, the guv of Para state and numerous legislators pressed back versus remarks Merz made recently adhering to a Nov. 7 check out to Belem. Merz seemed attempting to take into viewpoint issues concerning the present scenario in flourishing Germany, whose economic situation is battling to generate growth, in a speech to a profession meeting in Berlin.
” We stay in among one of the most attractive nations on the planet. Recently I asked some reporters that were with me in Brazil: Which of you would love to remain below? Nobody increased their hand,” Merz claimed. “They were all satisfied that, most importantly, we returned from this area to Germany in the evening from Friday to Saturday.”
On Wednesday, Merz representative Stefan Kornelius claimed that “it is much from the chancellor to comment in a bad means concerning Brazil.” He included at a normal federal government press conference that Merz had actually utilized his brief check out to Brazil “extremely intensively to strengthen the outstanding connections Germany has with Brazil.”
Kornelius claimed that Merz’s perception of his journey had actually been “extremely favorable” and “there is no question that Brazil is our essential companion geostrategically and financially in South America.”
The challenged statement “basically worried the dream of the delegation to return home after an extremely strenuous evening trip and a lengthy day in Belem,” he claimed. “When the chancellor states that we stay in among one of the most attractive nations on the planet, that does not indicate various other nations aren’t likewise extremely attractive.”
Asked whether Merz would certainly say sorry or whether he saw any kind of damages to connections, Kornelius responded: “No, two times.”
