The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Alberto Franco França, will represent Brazil at the 17th G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. The event will be held from November 15 to 16.
President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party – PL, right) and Vice President Hamilton Mourão (Republicans) have decided not to go to the meeting of the group made up of the 19 wealthiest countries in the world and the EU (European Union).
Bolsonaro’s absence from the G20 is unprecedented in his term. The current Brazilian president has been to every meeting since 2019.
In the 1st year of government, the meeting was in Germany. In 2020, by videoconference, because of the covid-19 pandemic. And, in 2021, on a trip to Rome, Italy.
Besides França, the Brazilian delegation will include the Secretary of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs, José Buainain Sarquis, and two officials from the G20 General Coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bolsonaro will join Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who will not attend the meeting in person. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Putin is expected to participate in the event via videoconference.
At the end of April, Indonesian President Joko Widodo confirmed Putin’s presence at the meeting. In July, presidential aide Yury Ushakov also announced the same.
Now, Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “It was decided that Sergey Lavrov would represent Russia in person at the G20 summit,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
With information from Poder360