Brazil and Türkiye seek to expand defense investments

In a phone call on Monday (Aug. 24), Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva agreed with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan to establish a strategic council at the vice-presidential level to strengthen relations and investments between the two countries. “President Lula stated that Brazil intends to increase investments in the defense sector and expressed interest in fostering partnerships between Brazilian and Turkish companies in this sector,” Lula’s press office declared in a…