Overview
- Speaking in Belém on Nov. 4, Lula said he will call President Donald Trump if negotiators have not scheduled a meeting by the close of COP30.
- He signaled readiness to travel to Washington or New York for talks and said eliminating tariffs is his condition to begin substantive discussions.
- Lula invited Trump to attend COP30 and to visit the Amazon, adding that he pressed the invitation after their late-October conversation in Kuala Lumpur.
- The White House has indicated it will not send representatives to the heads-of-state session at COP30, according to Congresso em Foco.
- He urged dialogue over U.S. military action concerning Venezuela and condemned a Rio de Janeiro police operation that left more than 30 people dead.