A day full of appointments in Rome on the eve of the summit of the Great Winds which will begin tomorrow at the Rome Convention Center La Nuvola di Fuksas of Eur. Today’s agenda 29 October.
G20, airspace over Rome already closed: 8 thousand for safety
by Fabio Tonacci
2.30
Air Force One landed in Fiumicino with on board Joe Biden and his wife Jill. Accompanying Biden are the US Secretary of State, Antony Blink and the National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan.
08.45
Meeting of finance ministers and the summit of heads of state and government. Participants, among others, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister of Economic Development, Vittorio Colao, Minister of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition and Bruno le Maire, Minister of Economy, Finance and French Relaunch
9.30
Parade of students for the environment from the Circus Maximus to viale Trastevere. Protest “against the ways of returning to school” in times of pandemic, their cries touch the not far armored places of the G20, from the Center to the Cloud, passing through the Eur Fountains Hall
10
Flashmob in Piazza Vittorio by Oxfam, Emergency and Amnesty International activists for global inequality in access to Covid vaccines. A situation that effectively prevents the pandemic from being defeated, with developing countries seeing only 2% of their population vaccinated. Hence the urgent appeal to the leaders of the G20 to put in place effective and immediate solutions to save lives and deal with an emergency
10.30
Pope Bergoglio meets the South Korean president in the Vatican Moon Jae-in
Migration, climate, Korea: even Francis weaves his diplomatic web
by Paolo Rodari
12.00
The US president, after the usual briefing, goes to the Vatican with Jill Biden to be received in audience by Pope Francis. They will talk about collaboration in the framework of “efforts based on respect for human dignity, including the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the fight against the climate crisis and care for the poor”. No direct. Usually for guests of this level, the practice foresees that the first phase of the interviews, that of the pleasantries, is taken up by a pool of operators. The decision was explained with the rules introduced with Covid
12.55
Biden’s bilateral with the cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
13.55
Meeting at the Quirinale in Biden with Sergio Mattarella
The world parades in Rome. With the arrival of Biden, Draghi opens the G20
by Tommaso Ciriaco, Anna Lombardi
Afternoon
President Mattarella meets the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, as the rotating President of ASEAN, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres and the Brazilian president, Jair Messias Bolsonaro
15.15
Biden’s bilateral at Palazzo Chigi with Mario Draghi. Tea between the two first ladies
16.20
Biden meetingEmmanuel Macron to the French embassy at Villa Bonaparte to the Holy See. On the table various issues concerning bilateral relations between the US and France, in particular the recent announcement of the agreement between the US, Australia and the UK which caused the termination of a contract already signed for the supply of French submarines to Australia. Meeting between the two first ladies
17.15
Mario Draghi sees the Indian premier Narendra Modi. The Indian leader arrived in Rome in the morning for “an important forum for deliberating on significant global issues”, Modi wrote on Twitter, who said he was impatient “to participate in the other planned programs” during his visit to Rome.
19.00
Bilateral Draghi with the UN secretary, Antonio Guterres
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