The meetings start with a session dedicated to the topic of immigration. It will be the first time that a pope participates in this forum.
He dad Francisco, the President of Argentina, Javier Mileior that of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvatoday will be some of the protagonists of the second day of the G7 Leaders Summitthe seven most industrialized democracies in the world, gathered in the Italian region of Apulia (southern).
The meetings will start at 9:30 am local time (07:30 GMT) at the Borgo Egnazia hotel, with a session dedicated to the topic immigration.
The G7 – Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – wants to open up to the world and has invited some countries from the ‘global south’, such as Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan or the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
They also include the Argentine president, personally invited by the Italian prime minister, the far-right Giorgia Meloni, and Lula da Silva, as acting president of the G20 (the session starts at 11:00 GMT).
In addition, the summit will be attended by Pope Francis, the First time for a Pope on this forum.
The Argentine will arrive at 1:30 pm local time (11:30 pm GMT) to speak on a panel on artificial intelligence, energy, Africa and the Mediterranean, although he recently raised his intention to also discuss peace.
Francisco will also hold ten bilateral meetings with Lula Da Silva, US President Joe Biden, the second Catholic in the White House after John Fitzgerald Kennedy; the Frenchman Emmanuel Macron or the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
He will also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky; including the director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva.
Source: EITB
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