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UN chief to travel to Brazil next week ahead of G20 summit

Brasilia, Nov 9 (UNI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Brazil next week to take part in a summit of the Group of 20 leaders of the world's major economies, his spokeswoman said on Friday.
"He will travel next Friday to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to attend the G20 meeting and meet with leaders there as he does every year," Stephanie Tremblay said at a press briefing.
The G20 summit will take place in Brazil from November 18-19. The leaders of the 19 member countries, as well as the African Union and the European Union are expected to attend. Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to take part in the summit, but Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that Russia would continue to promote multipolar world principles during the summit.
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