Lula and President of Colombia meet to discuss Amazon

Meeting

Boarding at Brasília Air Base took place at 9:20 am, arriving at the destination at 1:00 pm, Brasília time (11:00 am by local time zone).

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives in the city of Letícia, Colombia, this Saturday morning (8), to participate in the Technical-Scientific Meeting of the Amazon. The meeting was organized by the government of Colombia, President Gustavo Petro. The city of Letícia borders Tabatinga, in the extreme west of the Amazon, in the triple border region between Colombia, Brazil and Peru.

Boarding at Brasília Air Base took place at 9:20 am, arriving at the destination at 1:00 pm, Brasília time (11:00 am by local time zone). After the meeting with Petro, at the National University of Colombia, the two pose for an official photograph and then participate, in the same location, in the closing session of the meeting. After that, Lula’s presidential entourage travels back to the federal capital, scheduled to arrive at 8:30 pm, according to the official agenda.

According to the Planalto Palace, the meeting between Lula and Petro is a bilateral meeting in the month before the Amazon Summit, scheduled for August 8, in Belém. On the occasion, the capital of Pará will host the presidents of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. All these countries are part of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), an international mechanism that should be strengthened from now on. In addition to these heads of state, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, was invited, representing French Guiana, the overseas territory of the European country in South America, which also holds portions of the Amazon rainforest.

By the treaty of July 1978, the ACTO countries assumed the common commitment for the preservation of the environment and the rational use of natural resources in the Amazon. In addition to prioritizing the preservation of the environment, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty aims to promote the development of the Amazonian territories, so that joint actions generate equitable and mutually beneficial results to achieve the sustainable development of the eight nations.

The issue of the Amazon will be at the center of geopolitical attention for the next few years, culminating in the holding of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), in 2025, in the capital of Pará. For the first time, the main event of the United Nations (UN) on environmental issues will be held in the tropical forest biome. Last week, the president said that he intends to take to this year’s edition of the climate conference, COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, a joint position from countries that make up the South American Amazon regarding environmental issues.

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