Lula raises the tone about Venezuela and describes candidate Yoris's veto as “serious”. The Brazilian and French presidents suggest that Maduro reconsider the exclusion of the person appointed by the disqualified María Corina Machado.
Lula has stressed that, unlike Machado, her chosen one was unable to register due to an apparent computer problem, without any official explanation. The two presidents have exhibited personal harmony and respect for Venezuela while both played down their differences over the EU-Mercosur agreement and the war in Ukraine.