The president of the European Commission met with the Brazilian head of state, Lula da Silva, and reinforced interest in the trade agreement with Mercosur and support for the alliance against hunger.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, met this Sunday with the Brazilian head of state, Lula da Silva, and reinforced interest in the trade agreement with Mercosur and support for the alliance against hunger.
In a note spread on social networks, Ursula von der Leyen, after meeting with Lula da Silva, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, highlighted that The EU-Mercosur agreement is of “great economic and strategic importance”.
These statements contrast with those of the French president who today told his Argentine counterpart that France opposes the free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and that it expects negotiations between the countries involved.
France tells Argentina that it opposes the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
“We do not believe in the agreement as negotiated,” and concluded in 2019, Emmanuel Macron told French media in Buenos Aires, at the end of a visit to Argentina, during which he met with the president of that country, Javier Milei.
Ursula von der Leyen is in Rio de Janeiro to participate between Monday and Tuesday in the G20 summit, in which the leaders of the main world economies will discuss reforms of international institutions, energy transition and joining an alliance against the hunger.
The president of the European Commission also highlighted that “Europe fully supports the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty”, which will be officially launched on Monday by Lula da Silva at the start of the summit work.
The initiative provides for the creation of a global platform where countries can include their programs to eradicate hunger and poverty, establishing their own plans and objectives, and the members of the Alliance will help achieve these objectives with financial contributions.
The platform will also serve to share experiences, technologies and knowledge about successful plans.
On November 8, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, declared that Portugal joins the G20 Alliance against Hunger and Poverty as a founding member and that it does so “with great commitment and enthusiasm.”
The meetings on Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro will be chaired by the Brazilian head of state, Lula da Silva, a country that this year assumed the leadership of the group of the 20 largest economies in the world, which represent around two thirds of the world’s population. , 85% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 75% of international trade.
In addition to the representatives of the full member countries of the group, plus the European Union and the African Union, representatives of 55 countries or international organizations are expected, including Portugal – a country invited by Brazil -, which will be represented by the Prime Minister , Luís Montenegro, Angola and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries.
Among the main leaders who will be at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) are the outgoing president of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. Both will have parallel agendas: Biden will first travel to Manaus, the Amazonian capital, and Xi will visit Brasilia to meet with Lula da Silva, the day after the summit ends.
The main absentee will be the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, represented by his head of diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, since the International Criminal Court has an arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in the Ukraine conflict.
Source: Observadora
