President Jair Bolsonaro said this Wednesday, during a bilateral meeting between the two leaders during the Summit of the Americas, that Brazil plans to demonstrate to President Joe Biden the importance of the planet for food security and defend what the country is doing on the environmental issue. in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Bolsonaro reiterated that he was not considering going to the event with other heads of state “just to take pictures”, but said he was convinced to attend after receiving an invitation from a representative of Biden sent to Planalto Palace.
Bolsonaro said at an event at the Rio de Janeiro Trade Association, there was a dialogue with Joe Biden’s adviser and a bilateral dialogue as needed was agreed and we will show what Brazil is.
– Let’s talk about food safety. The world can no longer live without Brazil unless they go hungry – he added.
Leaving for the Americas Summit this Wednesday, Bolsonaro also announced his willingness to talk to Biden about his visit to Russia earlier this year, shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
– If he has a question about me going to Russia, of course I will, and I will not say what I cannot say. I don’t have a ‘permission’ with the press, and I don’t have a ‘permission’ with any head of state except Brazil -.
Bolsonaro recalled that, after his visit to Russia, 26 ships with manure docked in Brazil, guaranteeing that the crop would be planted at least by the first quarter of next year.
The president reiterated that he did not want war, but chose the position of balance in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
During his meeting with Biden, Bolsonaro said he would also defend the country’s efforts to protect the environment. Biden has already publicly criticized Brazilian environmental policy through the increase in Amazonian deforestation during the Bolsonaro administration.
“Why the attacks? What do they want with that? Government attrition or improving competition from whatever comes from agribusiness?” said. – We are proud of our country, and it is perhaps the only country in the world that protects two-thirds of its territory”.
Bolsonaro also said he hopes to put the energy transition on the agenda of the meeting, emphasizing that Brazil could become an “energy OPEC” in the future thanks to the potential of green hydrogen.
source: Noticias
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