Developed countries do not fulfill their obligations under climate agreements, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, Report informs.
"Rich countries themselves do not comply with the agreements. They did not comply with the Kyoto protocol, the Copenhagen agreements, they failed to implement the decisions of the UN conference in Rio 2002 and will not implement the Paris agreement," the Brazilian leader said during a weekly live broadcast on YouTube.
At the same time, he criticized European attempts to impose additional environmental obligations on developing countries, as is the case with the EU trade agreement and the South American Common Market (Mercosur), which, in addition to Brazil, also includes Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. According to Lula da Silva, during recent meetings with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, he brought to them his position on the unacceptability of the additional requirements put forward by the EU. "We want to discuss an agreement, but it should be an agreement between strategic partners, which means we should not stand over each other's heads with a sword," the politician said.