President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) should be invited to attend the G7 meeting the group of the seven most industrialized countries in the world.
This year the event will take place from May 19th to 21st in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. A phone call between Lula and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will formalize the invitation to Brazil. According to Itamaraty, the call is expected to take place in the week after Lula’s trip to China.
The G7 consists of: Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom.
The intent of the group’s invitation to Lula was anticipated solely by Jornal da Globo. The G7 usually invites countries to its meetings that are not part of the group but are in the spotlight. The purpose of the invitation is to hear perspectives from developing countries on the world economy.
Exclusive: Lula is to be invited to the G7 meeting in Japan
The last Brazilian participation in a G7 meeting was in 2008 during Lula’s second term. Brazil attended the meeting for the first time in 2003, the first year of Lula’s government. After that he was invited in 2005, 2006 and 2008.
At the invitation of the world’s most industrialized countries, it is likely that Lula’s trip to Africa, originally scheduled for May, will change dates and be postponed to July when the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Summit takes place, which will be held in São Tomé and Príncipe on the African coast.
Before heading to Japan, Lula will travel to China and the United Arab Emirates later this week and Portugal in April. After the G7 meeting, the Brazilian President has already planned further trips abroad. Practically one a month.
In September, Lula will traditionally deliver the opening speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. That same month he was due to attend the G20 meeting, a group bringing together the world’s 20 major economies. And in November it is the turn of the UN climate summit COP 28 in the United Arab Emirates.