Representatives of the Group of 20 (G20) –composed of the world’s largest economies– meet this Tuesday (15) and Wednesday (16), in Bali, Indonesia.
This will be the first summit since the clash between Russia and Ukraine began on February 24. The expectation is that war will be one of the main topics of conversations between world leaders.
Despite not being part of the group, Ukraine was invited by the host nation to participate in the meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak virtually on the first day of the summit.
In addition to the war, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is also expected to raise issues related to international economic instability and the rising cost of living, according to information from his government.
Other topics that should be on the agenda are commitments involving climate, food insecurity in the world and tensions over Taiwan, the South China Sea and North Korea.
Just this Monday (14), US President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time since he was elected, in a face-to-face meeting in Bali.
After the conversation, Biden told reporters that he was “open and sincere” with Xi on the many issues on which Beijing and Washington disagree.
The Chinese leader made Taiwan’s situation clear as a “red line” for the relationship between his country and the US.
who participates
It is expected that all countries that make up the group will participate in the meeting. In the case of nations that will not send their heads of state (Brazil, Mexico and Russia), official government representatives must be present.
Check the list of participants:
- Joe Biden, US President
- Xi Jinping, President of China
- Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
- Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine (virtually)
- Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
- Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
- Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia
- Yoon Suk-Yeol, President of South Korea
- Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor
- Emmanuel Macron, President of France
- Mohammed Bin Salman, Prince of Saudi Arabia
- Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
- Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
- Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina
- Marcelo Ebrard, Minister of Mexico
- Carlos França, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Charles Michel, President of the European Council
- Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy
- Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia
The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (PL), will not attend the event, as will the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes. The Brazilian delegation will be headed by Minister Carlos França and will also include the Secretary of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and two officials from the G20 General Coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In addition to the leaders who make up the G20, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, also participates in the meeting.
*With information from Reuters and CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
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