President Jair Bolsonaro arrives in Rome, where he will participate in the G20 meeting, early Friday afternoon, and has also included a personal agenda in his trip: he will visit the city of his ancestors. receive the title of honorary citizen.
The president's schedule includes his arrival in the Italian capital at 12:45 pm (local time) and a single commitment, the bilateral meeting with the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella — a custom, since the president of the host country receives all heads of state participating in the summit.
Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that other bilateral meetings were being negotiated, so far — two days before the start of the meeting — nothing has been confirmed.
According to the G20 agenda and as predicted by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Bolsonaro will spend Saturday and Sunday at the summit meetings, accompanied by several ministers, including Paulo Guedes, from the Economy Ministry, and João Roma, from the Citizenship Ministry, two of the main figures involved in the negotiations for the approval of the Constitutional Amendment Proposal regarding court-ordered payments.
On Saturday, after the reception of the heads of state and the official photo, the first meeting will address the global economy and health after the Covid-19 pandemic. The second day is dedicated to panels on climate change and sustainable development – the topic has been central in all world summits, even those focused on the economy.
Most of the world leaders who will be in Rome leave the capital straight for Glasgow, for Cop26, where climate change, the economic impact and countries' commitments to try to change the scenario will be discussed. The Brazilian president, however, is not going to Glasgow.
Bolsonaro chose to remain in Italy. On Monday, he visits the small town of Venetian Anguillara, where your great-grandparents immigrated to Brazil. Last week, the local City Council approved the granting of the title of honorary citizen to the president, in a controversial decision that displeased many people in the city.
Newspapers in the region record protest from some residents and complaints regarding the decision to give the title to Bolsonaro, but the mayor of the city of 20 inhabitants justifies that the title is not given “to the man, but to the representative of a country”. A party is being prepared to welcome Bolsonaro.
The Brazilian president will also Pistoia, also in the region, to visit a cemetery where 500 Brazilian soldiers who fought in the Second World War are buried.
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