Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest. File photo.
Just a day before the kickoff of a two-day Amazon summit to be held in the Brazilian city of BelĂ©m, Yván Gil, Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, reiterated Venezuela’s commitment to working together with neighboring nations to protect the Amazonian rainforest, also known as the “lungs of the planet.”
“With great expectations, we arrived in the Brazilian city of BelĂ©m do Pará where the Amazon summit will be held, resuming cooperation to protect the lungs of the planet and guarantee a safe Amazon of peace and belonging to all South Americans,” Gil wrote in a post on the social media network X.
Con grandes expectativas llegamos a la ciudad brasileña de BelĂ©n do Pará donde se realizará la Cumbre de la AmazonĂa, retomando la cooperaciĂłn para proteger al pulmĂłn vegetal del planeta y garantizar una AmazonĂa y segura, de paz y de todas y todos los sudamericanos. pic.twitter.com/PHU5Ge0g7p
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) August 7, 2023
According to the news agency Prensa Latina, representatives from the Amazonian countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela will participate in the meeting convened by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.
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Additionally, the Venezuelan national news agency Agencia Venezolana de Noticias has reported that besides the Amazonian countries, representatives from Indonesia, France, Norway, and Germany are also expected to take part.
In this context, the foreign and environment ministers of the participating nations are preparing details for the Declaration of BelĂ©m, which will initially encompass at least 130 points and a comprehensive plan to preserve the “lung of the planet.”
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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