Brazil has good relations with everyone: with the West, but also with China and Russia, as well as with other developing countries. “ Global South “. The left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho is hosting his counterparts at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday, hopes that this policy of goodwill will produce a joint declaration at the end of the summit. But nothing is less certain, as two major conflicts stall and the prospect of the return of Donald Trump in the White House in January, will hang over the meeting.

Originally dedicated to economic issues, the G20 summits have been overtaken by security concerns. At the previous meeting in New Delhi in September 2023, the wording concerning the situation in Ukraine had already been the subject of bitter negotiations. The final declaration referred to it, but did not condemn Russia’s invasion. A step backwards from the summit…