Confirmed for a new term, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has settled a foreign itinerary of four engagements before the end of the year. The agenda was lined up after a meeting with Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira at the Palácio da Alvorada, the presidential residence, and had been waiting on the result of the presidential run-off.
The calendar opens in Turkey and closes in the United States, at a summit chaired by Donald Trump.
The itinerary
11 and 12 November — Antalya, Turkey. Lula attends the heads of state and government segment of COP31, the UN climate conference, which runs from 9 to 20 November. It is there that the conference presidency passes from Brazil to Turkey.
13 November — the Philippines. A state visit, with agreements expected to be signed aimed at widening Brazilian trade with Southeast Asia.
14 and 15 November — Manila. The summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the same trip as the bilateral visit.
Early December — Montevideo, Uruguay. The Mercosur summit that closes Uruguay's rotating presidency of the bloc, set for 4 December, with some versions of the calendar giving 4 and 5. Trade matters are on the agenda, among them export quotas for the European Union. A meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei is possible, amid diplomatic friction between the two governments.
14 and 15 December — Florida, United States. The G20 summit, chaired by Trump. Diário do Pará places the meeting in Miami.
The conversation that is not scheduled
No bilateral meeting between Lula and Trump has been officially scheduled during the G20 summit. Any conversation would depend on arrangements made between the two governments in the preceding weeks.
The two last met in person in May 2026 at the White House, for about three hours. They spoke by telephone in August for roughly an hour and a half. As of the reports consulted, Trump had not congratulated Lula on the election result.
Why it matters
In five weeks the itinerary gathers up the three channels the Brazilian government has been betting on: climate, trade with Asia and the G20. The absence of a scheduled bilateral with Trump is the sensitive point — the Florida meeting is the first multilateral summit at which the two share a table since the Brazilian election.
With information from JD1 Notícias and Diário do Pará.
