U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met on Thursday with Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on a visit focused on democracy and regional security, climate change and cooperation in response to COVID-19.
Sullivan's visit was the highest-level U.S. visit to Brazil since the Biden administration took office almost eight months ago and was aimed at advancing ties between the hemisphere's two largest democracies, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.
His opponents say Bolsonaro, like former U.S. President Donald Trump, is sowing doubts in case he loses next year's election. He has threatened not to accept the result. The governors met last week by videoconference with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, sidestepping Bolsonaro, in the first of several meetings with foreign powers to seek funding for conservation projects aimed at stopping climate change.
Sullivan's delegation met with representatives of Brazilian government agencies and technology companies developing future telecommunications networks, the embassy statement said. They discussed using Open RAN technology in future 5G networks in Brazil, as well as the importance of information security, the embassy said.