Dilma Rousseff engages in dialogue with Monti, Merkel, and Putin.
The President is traveling to Mexico for the 7th G20 Summit; on the agenda are separate meetings with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Russian President Vladimir Putin; assessment and reflections on the crisis.
247, with Agência Brasil - President Dilma Rousseff traveled this Sunday, the 17th, to Mexico to participate in the 7th G20 Summit, a group that brings together the world's largest economies. The heads of state and government will meet in three working sessions tomorrow (18) and Tuesday (19), in Los Cabos, to try to overcome the crisis and resume global growth. The meetings should include the presence of the Italian Mario Monti, the German Angela Merkel and the Russian Vladimir Putin.
The summit's agenda is expected to be dominated by the European crisis, which has worsened in recent months and is already causing a slowdown in global growth. Dilma is expected to reinforce at the G20 the defense of the measures adopted by Brazil to address international financial problems, based on stimulating consumption and domestic investment.
In addition to joint sessions, the president is expected to have bilateral meetings during the summit, such as with the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy. Dilma should also take advantage of the G20 meeting to seek an agreement on the disagreements in parts of the final text of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. The document must be approved by the heads of state, who will meet in Rio de Janeiro between the 20th and 22nd of this month, the final stage of the conference.
The Brazilian government wants to reach this stage with a text that has as much consensus as possible, and Dilma will work towards this during the G20, including in conversations with leaders who will not be coming to Rio, such as the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The G20 represents 90% of the planet's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its members include South Africa, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, and the European Union. Invited by Mexico, which chairs the group this year, Spain, Colombia, Chile, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Benin will also participate in the summit.