Brazilian Foreign Minister attends BRICS preparatory meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, participated this Thursday (20) in a videoconference meeting with the foreign ministers of Russia, India, China and South Africa, countries that together with Brazil make up the BRICS. According to Itamaraty’s head of social communication, ambassador Joel Sampaio, the meeting was part of a preparatory work for the presidential summit scheduled for August 22nd and 24th in Johannesburg. The diplomat informed that the foreign ministers will hold another meeting before the summit. These meetings, according to the advisor, usually serve to analyze the positions that each country will present in order to try to seek decisions agreed upon by the members of the Brics. Still in Rio de Janeiro, minister Mauro Vieira met with the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates. Through its Twitter profile, Itamaraty reported that at the meeting the two talked about the company’s external dialogue actions and energy transition initiatives in the context of the 28th Climate Change Conference (COP-28), the United Nations (UN) and the Presidency of Brazil in the G20, starting in December. The ambassador informed that in the one-year period in which Brazil will preside over the G20, at least 20 ministerial meetings of the group will take place in Brazilian cities. At the end of the mandate, there will be a presidential summit of the G20, in Rio de Janeiro, in November 2024. The group is formed by the ministers of the economic area and heads of the central banks of the 20 largest economies in the world. COP 28 will take place from November 30 to December 12, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. There is an expectation of reaching an agreement around the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said, in June, that he wants to take a joint position of countries that make up the South American Amazon on environmental issues to COP 28. “We want to build a unitary policy with the eight countries of South America so that we can arrive at COP 28 with the correct position in defense of countries that keep forests standing, as in South America”, said the president at the time. In addition to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are part of the Amazon region.

Agência Brasil