Mylena Fiori
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília - The Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrives today in New Delhi, India, to participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the G-20, a group created two years ago by developing countries on the eve of the most recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference, in Cancun, Mexico, to defend their common agricultural interests against the wealthy nations. After the flop in Cancun, the group, led by Brazil, has been holding meetings to strengthen their position for the next WTO Conference, at the end of this year, in Hong Kong.

In New Delhi, however, the discussion of joint strategies in the agricultural sphere will be only one of the items on the G-20's agenda. The meeting will also mark the adhesion of Uruguay, the only Mercosur country that did not belong to the group. Indeed, Uruguay had been defending positions contrary to the G-20 in the WTO. Finally, parallel to the Ministerial Meeting, a Preferential Trade Agreement will be signed between India and the Mercosur.

Translation: David Silberstein