Crucial to the President’s trip to the coronation of King Charles III. was the bilateral meeting between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The Brazilian was one of six heads of state invited to such a meeting with the prime minister. The original forecast was that Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira would represent the President at the ceremony.
In addition to Lula, Sunak received the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hammad and the Prime Ministers of New Zealand Chris Hipikins, Australia Anthony Albanese and Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, the last three members of the Commonwealth, the community of states, which for the most part unites countries that formed the British Empire in the past.
Lula met Sunak for about 50 minutes this Friday at Downing Street, the seat of the British government, in London (5). The Prime Minister pledged to contribute to the Amazon Fund, a reward mechanism for environmental protection.
In addition to the environmental agenda, the Prime Minister spoke of increasing trade between the two countries and bringing Brazil back into the international debate.