The president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Receives for a meeting this Wednesday the 21st the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken. The meeting will take place at 9 a.m. at the Palácio do Planalto.
Blinken arrived in Brasília on Tuesday evening and will also attend the meeting of foreign ministers of the G20, a bloc that brings together the world's largest economies, in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Brazil will lead the G20 summit in 2024. Blinken is then expected to travel to Argentina, where he will meet President Javier Milei.
The conversation between Blinken and Lula will focus on topics such as clean energy, the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region, global peace and security, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols told the press.
However, the meeting became even more important after the BrazilBrazil diplomatic crisis Israel, an ally of the United States. The matter is expected to be discussed at the meeting.
On Sunday, Lula compared the Israeli attacks on Gaza Extermination of Jews by Adolf Hitler. The PT MP was criticized by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and it was explained unwanted person on Monday by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who called for a retraction.
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Katz also took the Brazilian ambassador to Tel Aviv, Frederico Meyer, to visit the Holocaust Museum. The situation caused unease in the Lula government, which recalled Meyer to Brazil.
This Tuesday, Katz sharpened his tone and said that Lula's statement was “promiscuous, delusional“, also “a spit in the face of the Brazilian Jews.” In response, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira stated that the demonstrations “unacceptable in form and incorrect in content“.
The head of Itamaraty said the way Katz addressed Lula was “something unusual and disgusting” and accused the Israeli chancellor of “distorting Brazil’s positions” to take advantage of domestic politics and trying to “a “Throwing a veil that obscures the real problem.” of the ongoing massacre in Gaza.”
Also on Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the American government “obviously disagree” from Lula’s statement. “We have made it very clear that we do not believe that genocide has taken place in Gaza,” he said.