Meetings of EU Commission Members on 17 July 2023

President Ursula von der Leyen participates in the EU-CELAC Summit; receives Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil; delivers an opening speech at the EU-LAC 2023 Business Round Table; witnesses the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Argentina on energy cooperation together with Mr Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina; participates in the EU-Caribbean Leaders’ meeting

Mr Frans Timmermans delivers introductory remarks at the EU-LAC business round table on energy transition in the margins of the EU-CELAC Summit.

Mr Valdis Dombrovskis participates in the EU-CELAC Business Round Table Panel on Critical Raw Materials and E-Mobility; participates in the European Central Bank 2023 9th High-level Conference on Central, Eastern and South-eastern European (CESEE) Countries via videoconference

Ms Vĕra Jourová meets via video-conference with Prague Civil Society Centre.

Mr Margaritis Schinas visits the Public Psychiatric Care Centre ‘OPZ Geel’.

Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (until 18/07): participates in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

Mr Thierry Breton holds a videoconference call with high-level representatives of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).

Mr Didier Reynders in Washington D.C., United States: meets with Mr. Rohit Chopra, CFPB Director, with Ms. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, with Mr. Merrick Garland, Attorney General.

Ms Helena Dalli launches the EU ‘Access City Award Competition’ via a video message.

Ms Ylva Johansson meets with Mr John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize; meets with Ms Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica; delivers a keynote address via webinar to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA).

Mr Olivér Várhelyi in Tirana, participates in working lunch with Western Balkan leaders.

Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); receives Mr Sergio Diaz-Granados, Executive President of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF); receives Ms Alicia Barcena, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Mr Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms Kadri Simson attends the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Commission and Argentine, in the Berlaymont.