The Brazilian President met the former British Prime Minister at the Palacio do Planado this Monday (July 22).
President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) Meets former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. The meeting at the Palacio do Planaldo spoke of Labor’s return to power after 14 years of British governments in elections this month, with Keir Starmer sworn in as prime minister.
They also discussed agendas such as the G20 (the group of the world’s 20 largest economies) and the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty and taxation of the super rich. At the end of the meeting, Blair told reporters that the meeting “good”.
The heads of state also discussed a plan to bring together heads of democratic governments against extremism at a parallel event to the United Nations General Assembly in September. Brazil’s safeguard measures against hunger and taxation of the super-rich are also part of the agenda.
During the meeting, President Lula cited statistics from the Brazilian economy, such as the creation of more than 2.5 million formal jobs in 17 months, an 11.7% growth in revenue and a forecast of R$ 120 billion investment in the automobile sector. country in the coming years.
with the information that Brazil Agency.