Macron responds with humor to jokes about his “wedding” photos with Lula. “Some have compared the images of my visit to Brazil to those of a wedding, I tell them: it was one! France loves Brazil and Brazil loves France!”, wrote the French president on the social network X Thursday evening.

The Brazilian president responded to the post with an emoji representing the two flags and little hearts. The closeness displayed by the two leaders contrasts with the frosty relations between Emmanuel Macron and the former nationalist president Jair Bolsonaro.