Watch: Blinken speaks after meeting Lula at G20 in Brazil

Watch as Antony Blinken held a news conference in Rio de Janeiro after his participation at the G20 Summit on Thursday, 22 February.

It comes after the US secretary of state met with Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in Brasilia, expressing the US's commitment to partner with Brazil on its G20 presidency agenda to combat hunger and poverty, mobilise against the climate crisis, and make global governance more effective, the US Department of State said in a statement.

The department said Mr Blinken highlighted the upcoming US-Brazil bicentennial anniversary in May 2024 when the two countries will celebrate 200 years of political, economic, and cultural ties.