The diplomatic chiefs of the United States, Antony Blinken, and Russia, Sergei Lavrov, are taking part in the first high-level meeting of the G20 year, which has been led by Brazil since December. Instead, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be absent.
Although Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva describes the G20 of major economies as the “forum with the greatest influence,”positively on the international agenda“, the divisions among its members are accentuated.
The Globalist agenda is among the topics of discussion at the two-day meeting in the famous South American resort.
serious allegations
Socialist Lula accused Israel of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip and compared the military operation in the Palestinian territory to the Holocaust.
The statements by the former corruption convict and current president of Brazil outraged Israel, which declared the far-left president “persona non grata.” In response, Brazil summoned Israel's ambassador and summoned its ambassador in Tel Aviv for consultations.
The crisis occurred before a meeting that took place this Wednesday in Brasilia Lula and Blinken, before the start of the G20 summit. The meeting ended without comments, but Washington announced on Tuesday that it “disagrees” with Lula's statements.
“If Lula thought he was proposing peace solutions for Israel or Ukraine, that was immediately ruled out,” said economist and international relations doctor Igor Lucena.
More than four months after Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to an attack by the Hamas terrorist movement that killed more than 1,160 people, there is no sign that the end of the conflict is near.
USA Objection on Tuesday a new UN Security Council resolution who called for an immediate ceasefire.
According to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip very incredible numbers The Ministry of Health in Gaza is said to have caused around 29,313 deaths.
The terrorists are trying to create the appearance of genocide to accuse Israel after Hamas has nullified all of the Netanyahu government's peace actions in recent years in a direct attempt to find peace and end the confrontation.
One of the purposes of Hamas' horrific attack in October was to elicit a response from Tel Aviv while launching a new international campaign of accusations against Israel. of disinformation and blackmail.
New tensions
There are also no signs of optimism for the war in Ukraine, which will soon be entering its third year. Precisely because the G20 has become a niche for socialist ideology and plans aimed at spreading it throughout the Western world.
Despite the West's attempt to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion, the last G20 summit in New Delhi in September ended with a vague statement which denounced the use of force without mentioning Russia, which has friendly relations with members such as Brazil, China and India.
Tensions with Russia worsened after the death of opponent Alexei Navalny in prison, which was announced on Friday.
Western powers blamed Putin and the US announced it would adopt “another sanctions plan” against Russia.
Moscow's multiple restrictions since the start of the war in Ukraine have had little impact on the Russian economy, which grew by 3.5% in 2023. Putin's image is even less likely to be destroyed both in Russia and in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.
The Kremlin leader today enjoys the support of the majority of Russians and governments in the region such as Hungary, Belarus, Slovakia; and even Poland, which supported Volodymyr Zelensky, is now showing signs of fatigue with its support for Ukraine.
“No one should doubt the repressive nature of the Russian system,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a statement. However, Putin not only sticks to his position, but also reiterates that he will not leave Ukraine until all of his goals are achieved and that Moscow's defeat is impossible.
Another financing package of more than $ 60 billion for Ukraine, which the Biden administration has promoted in every possible way, is frozen in the US Congress. This would be the fifth major package aimed at subsidizing the war at the expense of the opposition of the majority of Americans, amid inflation that has persisted for three straight years and has suffocated tens of millions of families across the country.
Blinken and Lavrov are not expected to meet bilaterally. Their last meeting was at a G20 meeting in India in March 2023.
Lula, for his part, asked not to jump to conclusions about Navalni's death while he awaits an “investigation.”
Lula, who has flirted with Joe Biden's government since returning to power in Brasilia, is an opponent of Washington's domestic and international policies. He has repeatedly condemned it and, during his eight years in office, directly confronted the United States as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Argentina and other countries ruled by dictatorships or the far left.
Looking for socialist reforms
The G20 will also address reform of the United Nations (UN) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose largest contributions both institutions receive from U.S. taxpayers.
Of course, Brazil calls for greater emphasis on the countries of the global south, but without increasing their contribution.
“The number and severity of conflicts have returned to Cold War levels. That makes (reforms) more urgent,” Mauricio Lyrio, the G20’s Brazilian “Sherpa” for Brazil, said on Tuesday.
Without going into the details of the reform, the impression is that any agreement is directed against the Western capitalist world, especially the United States, and gives more value to socialist trends at the global level within the framework of the so-called Agenda 2023. The previous policies are stagnating and is outdated in the face of new right and center-right governments in the world such as Argentina, El Salvador, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Turkey, United Kingdom and others.
Analyst Lucena estimates that it will be “difficult” to reach “big agreements” within the G20 this year, also due to elections in countries such as the USA.
A Brazilian government source said that after recent disagreements, the presidency had decided that it was no longer necessary to adopt a joint statement at every meeting, with the exception of the G20 summit to be held in Rio in November.
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