Brazil and the United States sign cooperation agreement to fight climate change

Rio de Janeiro, July 26 (EFE).- The Minister of Finance of Brazil, Fernando Haddad, and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Janet Yellen, signed this Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro a bilateral cooperation agreement to combat climate change.

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STATEMENTS BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE OF BRAZIL, FERNANDO HADDAD (IN PORTUGUESE); AND FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY, JANET YELLEN (IN ENGLISH):

HADDAD:

"THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL HAVE NEVER BEEN DISTANT COUNTRIES, THEY MAINTAIN A COMMON CULTURE, THEY MAINTAIN COMMON PRINCIPLES AND VALUES, BUT POLITICS IS NOT JUST COMPOSED OF NUMBERS. POLITICS IS ALSO MADE OF SYMBOLS. AND WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED BY COMMON AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD IS TO REINFORCE THE LINKS BETWEEN OUR 2 COUNTRIES AND GIVING VISIBILITY TO THIS RAPPROACH IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF GREAT GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP."

- "WE CHOSE A DECISIVE AREA TO STRENGTHEN THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICATE THE DESIRE FOR MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES, PRECISELY ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE CLIMATE. BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES SHARE THIS VALUE OF JOINING INCREASINGLY CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CLIMATE CHANGE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF ACTION."

- "THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME ON WHAT THE CENTER OF OUR JOINT ACTION SHOULD BE AND I BELIEVE THAT THESE GUIDELINES WILL TRANSFORM INTO CONCRETE ACTIONS VERY QUICKLY."

- "THIS IS A BROAD WORK AGENDA THAT CAN SERVE TO INTEGRATE OUR CONTINENT EVEN MORE."

- "WE WANT TO BE CLOSER, WE WANT TO WORK MORE TOGETHER. WE WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. AND I THINK THAT TODAY WE MADE A GREAT DECISION: THE DECISION TO JOIN FORCES AROUND A JUST TRANSITION, A SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION."