WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. and Brazilian officials held trade talks on Thursday that the two sides called positive and agreed to work to schedule a meeting between President Donald Trump and his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva “at the earliest possible occasion”.

In a joint statement, the delegations said they would “conduct discussions on multiple fronts in the immediate future and establish a working path forward,” though no timeline was given for the proposed Trump-Lula meeting.

The talks in Washington, which included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, marks the latest diplomatic contact between the two countries in recent weeks after months of a frozen relationship.

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