Rio de Janeiro - The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, is already at the Museum of Modern Art, where the G20 Summit is taking place.
The Angolan president, who was received by the host president, Lula da Silva, will speak on Monday afternoon (Brazilian time) as a guest on the panel ‘The Global Alliance to Fight Hunger and Poverty’, after the country became a founding member.
João Lourenço will also speak on the second day of the session, Tuesday, on the topic of Energy Transition, and will take part in the Leaders' Declaration.
In addition to Téte António, the Minister of State for Economic Affairs, José de Lima Massano, has been in the city since Friday, as well as other executive officials.
Among the statesmen, Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa), Xi Jinping (People's Republic of China), Joe Biden (USA), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey), Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt), among other leaders of countries and international organisations, stand out.
The G20, created in 1999, is made up of the eight countries considered to be the richest and most influential in the world (the G8), namely Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The group also includes 11 emerging countries: South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey, with permanent status.
The European Union and the African Union, which was granted permanent status at the last summit held in India in September 2023.
The 18th G20 Summit was held in New Delhi on 9 and 10 September 2023 under the slogan ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’.
The 1st G20 Summit took place in Washington on 14 and 15 November 2008, where the Action Plan was approved to implement reforms in the functioning of financial institutions and intensify cooperation between regulators, promoting the wider participation of emerging economies.
In between, summits were held in London (2009), Pittsburgh (2009), Toronto (2010), Seoul (2010), Cannes (2011), Los Cabos (2012), St Petersburg (2013), Brisbane (2014), Antalya (2015), Hangzhou (2016), Hamburg (2017), Buenos Aires (2018), Osaka (2019), Riyadh (2020), Rome (2021) and Bali (2022).
Brazil ceases its leadership of the G20 at this summit, succeeded by South Africa. ADR/ART/DAN
