Lula will have meetings with leaders of Arabia, Türkiye and France

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President will also participate in the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance along with Joe Biden and Narendra Modi

The Presidency of the Republic confirmed that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have at least four major bilateral meetings on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

He will meet the leaders of France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands.

Furthermore, there is a strong possibility of a meeting with the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi – who will symbolically hand over to Lula the presidency of the G20 at the end of the summit.

Furthermore, he will participate alongside US President Joe Biden and Modi himselffrom the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance.

joins a group of countries that had already been organizing around Brazil, India and the United States to leverage the use of ethanol and other biofuels on the international market.

The bloc’s stated intention is to expand the use of non-fossil fuels, contributing to the fight against climate change.

Argentina, South Africa, Bangladesh, Italy, Canada, Paraguay, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Mauritius and Seychelles.

Among the countries that are going to join the alliance during the G20 are Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Canada.

In bilateral meetings, Lula will discuss trade relations and specific issues, such as reform of global governance control bodies – such as the UN Security Council – and food security.

With Macro, it is very likely that the Brazilian president will discuss aspects of Mercosur’s response to the European Union’s “side letter” on the free trade agreement between the two blocs.

The new European demands include the application of sanctions and restrictions on trade between the blocs in the case of deforestation and disrespect for the environment.

The Europeans say that the “side letter” takes into account their new environmental legislation, which prevents the import by member countries of products originating in areas of environmental degradation.

Brazil, however, rejects this position saying that a strategic partnership cannot contain threats between the signatories of the agreement.

According to minister Mauro Vieira “what we want is flexibility in legislation [europeia]and that agreements be made regarding the application of this legislation, bearing in mind that since January 1st, Brazil has had a very clear environmental policy to preserve the Amazon, to end deforestation, to completely end deforestation by 2030, and to recovery of degraded lands”.

*With information from CNN

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