In the midst of his visit to the United States, the President Gustavo Petro held a meeting with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
According to the head of state, Both held a long discussion about environmental issues, especially what is happening in the Amazon rainforest, the energy transition and climate change..
(You can read: Key points of the migration agreement developed by Colombia and Germany).
“We spoke at length with the German Chancellor Olaf Sholz about what is happening in the Amazon rainforest and the ways to make the debt-for-climate swap a reality“the president said.
With Olaf Sholz, Chancellor of the German Republic, we spoke at length about what is happening in the Amazon rainforest and the ways to make the debt-for-climate swap a reality, a discussion that I will deepen at Cop16 in Cali and at the G20, the meeting of the 20 most important countries…
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 22, 2024
Likewise, he also revealed that he would go into more depth on what was discussed with the German chancellor at COP16 in Cali, as well as in the G20the meeting that brings together the 20 most important economies in the world, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro.
(Besides: ‘We must build a real economic recovery policy’: José Antonio Ocampo).
It is worth mentioning that this week, Colombia and Germany declared their intentions to formalize a new migration agreement between the two countries.
“There are currently 14,000 Colombians living in Germany registered with social security, 3,500 students and graduates and approximately 500 scientists. At the same time, we want to work together to develop initiatives to prevent unsafe migration.“, he said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Jorge Rojas Rodríguezon September 18th.
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