U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met at the White House on Friday and addressed democratic values and climate change.
The two leaders “pledged to work together to strengthen democratic institutions and welcomed the second Summit for Democracy to be held in March 2023,” the White House said in a statement.
Biden highlighted that democracy ultimately "prevailed" over the far-right mobs that stormed their governments' halls of power in an attempt to overturn election victories.
He also defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught 2020 race, securing victory with thin margins in several battleground states.
"We have to continue to stand up for democracy and our democratic values that form the core of our strength," Biden told Lula before a private Oval Office session between the leaders, adding that the two were on the "same page" about the "climate crisis."
Brazil "self-marginalized itself for four years" under the former president, Lula said at the White House, without mentioning Bolsonaro by name.
They also committed to boosting their dialogue and pursuing further cooperation in the lead-up to the celebration of the bicentennial of US-Brazil diplomatic relations in 2024.
Meanwhile, Lula invited Biden to visit Brazil, and the latter accepted the invitation.
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