G20 security brings together 1,200 men in biggest program since the Olympics | Rio de Janeiro

There are traffic changes in the southern zone due to the G20 foreign ministers meeting

A large security system the biggest since then Olympic Games 2016 was set up for the first G20 ministerial meeting on Wednesday (21) and Thursday (22) in Marina da Glória, in downtown Rio.

It is expected that approx 1.2 thousand agentsbetween men and women, of Federal Police It is Federal bus stationin addition to Army, Navy, Air Force It is Community Watch.

For the 40 delegations The members expected in the city, with an average of 10 members, will all be accommodated in the south zone to make travel easier Marina, venue. On the first day, this Wednesday, the meeting will take place between 2 and 6:30 p.m. On Thursday (22nd) the debates will take place between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Outside this route, delegations may only travel accompanied City Palacewhere they are welcomed for dinner by Mayor Eduardo Paes.

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The largest security personnel are reserved for the delegations of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Chancellor Sergei Lavrov.

The plan is the responsibility of the federal police, who mobilized 700 police officers of Rio and various regulatory authorities in the country to ensure the safety of the event. The federal police officers are responsible for:

  • The security of the chancellors
  • The many hotels and the Marina da Glória
  • Patrolling with boats in Guanabara Bay
  • Snipers
  • Tactical intervention group

The Federal Highway Police is responsible for accompanying delegations from Galeão Airport to hotels and from these locations to Marina da Glória. They are 200 motorcyclists Rio and other states in the country. Helicopters are also available to accompany the teams' movements.

Concern about safety, dengue fever and rain

O army and that marine They will also accompany delegations requesting military personnel on their trips. The army has 48 soldiers worked as a scout. The Air Force takes care of flight safety.

g1 noted that three topics were discussed in conversations between police officers and representatives of Itamaraty and foreign ministers: Security in Rio, the Dengue fever and that Chance of heavy rain on the event days.

Both advisers who accompanied the delegations and staff on duty from other federal states have been instructed to watch their cell phones and to travel outside the southern zone if they want to leave the hotel area where the delegations are staying.

The first delegation to arrive in the city was from South Africa. The arrival of the other remaining delegations was scheduled for this Tuesday (20).

The PRF prepared a plan that could enable ouster up to 18 delegations at the same time around the city.

3 of 3 PRF scouts escort the delegations of foreign authorities arriving in RJ Photo: Reproduction PRF scouts escort the delegations of foreign authorities arriving in RJ Photo: Reproduction