Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to attend the 19th G20 Summit and pay a state visit to the Latin American country at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Xi's trip to Brazil immediately follows his state visit to Peru, where the Chinese president arrived on Thursday before attending the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
The 19th G20 Summit is to take place in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and Tuesday, under the theme of 'building a just world and a sustainable planet'.
Created in 1999, the G20 serves as the main forum for international cooperation on financial and economic issues. It comprises the European Union, the African Union and 19 countries, including China and Brazil.
During his visit, Xi will hold talks with Lula to discuss bilateral relations and exchange views on international and regional issues of mutual interest, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Xi arrives in Rio de Janeiro for 19th G20 Summit, state visit to Brazil
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sunday that Ukraine's energy infrastructures came under large-scale Russian attack, with several electrical substations powering the country's nuclear power plants being severely damaged.
Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General, said in the agency's latest update on the situation in Ukraine that operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) across the country had moved to reduce their electricity production as a "precautionary measure" on Sunday morning, following widespread military activities that reportedly targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
According to a report citing information from Ukraine's national regulator, the NPPs -- Khmelnytskyy, Rivne and South Ukraine -- "were not directly impacted and did not shut down," but several electrical substations that support their operation "suffered further damage during the strikes."
"Only two of the country's nine operational reactors currently generate electricity at 100 percent capacity," the director general's statement said.
The statement also noted that IAEA teams visited seven substations across Ukraine in September and October to assess the damage after a spate of Russian attacks in August, and said teams will now consider whether it is necessary to make further visits following Sunday's military activities.
IAEA reports mass damage of electrical substations powering Ukraine's nuclear power plants
