Lula will meet with the mayor of Rome who visited him in prison

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s agenda in Rome, next Wednesday (21), includes a visit to the mayor of the Italian capital, Roberto Gualtieri. The meeting will take place at the city hall office, around 4 pm (local time) and will have a personal character, according to the Itamaraty Palace, since Gualtieri was one of the international personalities who visited Lula during the period in which the former president was arrested in Curitiba, between 2018 and 2019, under Operation Lava Jato. At the time of the visit, in July 2018, Gualtieri was a MEP for the Italian Democratic Party. “It is a meeting of a more personal nature. Remember that the mayor of Rima was one of the personalities that visited President Lula, when he was imprisoned, in Curitiba. This naturally generated a great empathy and friendship between the two”, he highlighted Ambassador Maria Luísa Escorel de Moraes, who is secretary for Europe and North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), at a press conference to provide details about the presidential trip. In 2021, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) annulled all of Lula’s convictions and even judged the then judge responsible for the actions, now Senator Sérgio Moro (Podemos-PR), as a suspect magistrate, in the case that became known as the Guarujá triplex . After the revelation of a series of messages, the ministers of the STF considered that the judge adopted a partial position and colluded with the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) in the investigations against the petista. Itamaraty informed that, despite attempts, there was no confirmation of a bilateral meeting between Lula and the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. The first woman to hold the post, Meloni is the leader of the country’s first far-right government in decades. Lula left early this Monday night (19) for Europe. Off to Rome! Keeping the tradition, see you later, @geraldoalckmin. Good job taking care of Brazil! 🇺🇸🇮🇹📸: @ricardostuckert pic.twitter.com/xMn2sl5tgy — Lula (@LulaOficial) June 19, 2023 Bilateral meetings Lula’s first commitment in Rome will be a meeting with the President of Italy, Sérgio Matarella, at the Quirinale Palace , on the morning of Wednesday (21), followed by a lunch offered by the host. “Italy is a strategic partner for several reasons, starting with the fact that, in Brazil, there is a community of Italian descent that we calculate around 30 million inhabitants and, therefore, we have a very significant influence of Italian culture. For On the other hand, we have 100,000 Brazilians or people with dual nationality living in Italy, and this naturally generates an exchange and a need for cooperation between the two countries”, noted the ambassador. Lula and Matarella should address, during the meeting, aspects of the vast bilateral economic agenda and also the advances in the European Union agreement with Mercosur. Itamaraty informed that, despite contacts, there was no confirmation of a bilateral meeting between Lula and the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. The first woman to hold the post, Meloni is the leader of the country’s first far-right government in decades. Pope Francisco Lula’s last appointment in Rome will be a meeting with Pope Francisco, in the Vatican. On the agenda for the meeting, one of the topics should be efforts to end the war in Ukraine. “He is very interested in ending the war in Ukraine and Russia and I also want to talk to him about this issue of peace,” said Lula during the weekly program Conversation with the President, aired this Monday, hours before the plane boards. entourage. The fight against hunger and social inequalities around the world will also be with Pope Francis. According to Lula, the perspective is that a world campaign be built to address the issue. The president also stated that he will invite the pontiff to participate in the Círio de Nazaré, one of the main religious festivals in the country, held annually in Belém. From Italy, Lula will travel to Paris, France, where he will participate as one of the main guests at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, an event organized by French President Emmanuel Macron. Story expanded at 8:57 pm to include fourth and fifth paragraphs


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