Brasília, 12/6/2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The president of the Andean Community growth committee (Comunidade Andina de Fomento) (CAF), Henrique Garcia, had a meeting yesterday with president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for talks on investiments in Brazil. Garcia said that the CAF has an annual investment budget of US$3 billion for development and social assistance. Without discussing specific future investments, Garcia informed Lula that the CAF is involved in important projects in Brazil, such as the Brazil-Bolivia natural gas pipeline. (AB)