Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira stands alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a group photo at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in France on Monday, Nov. 9. (Foto: Instagram)
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira stood alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the family photo at a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in France on Monday, Nov. 9. The two exchanged a few words after the photographs. The meeting is scheduled to continue Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Brazil is not a member of the G7, but France, which is chairing the group’s discussions this year, invited it to take part in key meetings. Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said Vieira is attending working sessions on artificial intelligence, global governance and stability in the Middle East.
No bilateral meeting between Vieira and Rubio had been scheduled as of Monday, though an informal conversation remained possible during the two-day gathering. Vieira held bilateral meetings with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who is hosting the event, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
The encounter was the second between Vieira and Rubio since Brazil’s election, in which Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party (PT) was reelected to a fourth term, according to the source. Less than two weeks earlier, they met on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting and agreed to hold a private meeting to discuss the bilateral agenda.
The United States had not commented on the election or recognized Lula’s victory as of Monday. Relations between the two countries also remain tense following Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro’s trip to Miami after losing the presidential election. The source said Bolsonaro had been barred by a court from leaving Brazil amid Federal Police investigations in which he is cited, and characterized his departure as a breach of that order.
