SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) – In his first year in the General Assembly of the United Nations, the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, praised this Wednesday (21) his program of bilateral meetings in New York on social networks.

The left-wing leader was the third to speak on Tuesday (20), the first day of the debates, after the Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro and the Senegalese Macky Sall. He took advantage of the trip to the United States for a series of meetings with other important leaders, particularly European ones.

“We deepen democracy when we work together on the common challenges facing our nations,” he wrote on Twitter, posting a video with highlights from his meetings, including hugs with French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Also on Tuesday, Boric met with UN Secretary General António Guterres and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

This Wednesday, during a panel on protecting the oceans, the Chilean spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr — in the so-called family photo posted by him, the envoy US climate special John Kerry and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa. He then held bilateral meetings with Macron, Sánchez, German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley and World Bank chief David Malpass.

Boric’s schedule contrasts with that of Bolsonaro, who after traveling to London for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral spent just under 24 hours in New York. After a campaign-style speech, the Brazilian met the presidents of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and Ecuadorian, Guillermo Lasso, then went out for lunch with supporters at a steakhouse. He even canceled a quick meeting he would have with Guterres.

In 2019, his first year in the General Assembly, the president also had a busy schedule, in part due to his medical condition – he had just undergone surgery for the stab wound he had suffered. during the 2018 campaign. At the UN, he was with the American Donald Trump; outside, with the Republican’s lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani.