Diplomatic protocol suggests that ministerial-level meetings should, like this month’s China–Celac Forum reunion in Beijing, remain at that level (specifically it was intended for foreign ministers). That, however, did not stop four presidents from turning up for it: China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chile’s Gabriel Boric, and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro.
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