The president, Javier Mileiconfirmed his participation in the summit of leaders of the G20 which will take place on November 18 and 19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Argentine president was invited by his counterpart Lula Silvathe host of the global summit. Milei’s confirmation was delayed due to ideological differences between both heads of state. However, the libertarian would have announced his trip through Argentine diplomacy.
It is estimated that the G20 will be the chosen occasion for Lula and Milei to sign the G20 agreement. Mercosur-European Union. This process is in charge of Federico Pinedo, the Argentine Sherpa before the multilateral organization.
Milei’s presence in the G20 was a mystery due to his opinions on Lula Da Silva and multilateralism: during his speech at the UN General Assembly in September, the President expressed his disagreement with certain issues. Furthermore, he did not attend the meeting of Mercosur presidents that took place in Asunción. Despite this, he was present at the G7 in Italy, at the invitation of Giorgia Meloni, the president of that country.
Lula da Silva affirmed that the European Union seeks to include the wave of fires in the negotiation table with Mercosur
He brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvastated that the European Union (EU) “is threatening” the Mercosur with including the wave of forest fires suffered by his country at the negotiating table for the trade agreement between both blocs.
“The EU is threatening us with putting fires on the negotiating table,” the Brazilian president said this Tuesday at an event to promote the development of biofuels in Brasilia. “We are telling you: don’t put it in because we are preserving more than you have already preserved at any other time in history,” he added.
According to EFE, the president highlighted that last year Brazil managed to reduce the rate of deforestation in the Amazon 51% and that this year they will continue that trend with a new decrease of 47%. At the same time, he recalled that the South American giant is going through one of the worst droughts in its recent history, something that facilitated the spread of fires in various latitudes of the country, especially in the Amazon and the Marshlandthe largest wetland in the world.
“The Pantanal is experiencing the worst drought in the last 73 years and the Amazon is experiencing the worst in almost 50 years,” remarked the progressive leader, before criticizing those who set fires in the forests and “harm serious businessmen.”
Lula continues to be optimistic about closing an agreement during the G20
Two weeks ago, Lula declared in New York that he “never” was so “optimistic” regarding the Mercosur-EU agreement and said that there was a possibility of signing it at the next Summit of the G20 to be held in November in Rio de Janeirounder the annual presidency of Brazil.
The negotiations between both blocs, which began almost 25 years ago and reached a consensus in principle in 2019, got stuck again last year due to new European demands in the environmental section, especially Francehighly pressured by its agricultural sector.
Source: Ambito
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