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Wedding photos or a diplomatic visit? The apparent ‘night out’ between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has set social media fans ablaze.
During his three-day visit to Brazil, Macron, 46, was photographed smiling and warmly embracing Lula, 78, during a trip to the Amazon rainforest.
Many of the images have since circulated wildly among social media users in Brazil along with montages and witty comments.
A photo showing the leaders raising their hands under a large tree has been edited to show them holding red heart-shaped balloons.
Another depicts the couple holding hands, smiling as they gaze out at the horizon while floating on a boat along the Amazon River.
“They’re getting married in the Amazon and honeymooning in Paris,” joked one user on X, while others said photos from the trip could make a wedding album.
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Macron’s warm relations with Lula mark a departure from frosty ties between the French leader and Brazil’s former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, who led the country from 2019 to 2022.
His trip, which will conclude Thursday in Brasilia when he meets Lula at the presidential palace, saw the two leaders announce a billion-dollar green investment plan for the Amazon.
France, the world’s seventh-largest economy, and Brazil, the ninth-largest, are seen as key players in a geopolitical scene characterized by competition between China and the United States.
Paris sees Brasilia as a bridge to the major emerging economies whose voices Brazil is trying to amplify through its presidency of the G20 and its participation in the BRICS+ group.
Source: AFP