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The move came after Lula promised purge Bolsonaro loyalists from security forces after thousands of anti-democracy rioters stormed the Brazilian Supreme Court and Congress.
Thousands of demonstrators calling for a military coup to oust Lula and restore Bolsonaro to power stormed the Supreme Court, Congress and the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a trail of smashed windows, furniture, computers and artwork.
Lula celebrated the findings of a UN rights committee earlier in the day that a graft case that jailed him and blocked his presidential candidacy in 2018 had violated due process.
The visit's date has not yet been decided, but it would take place before Christmas, a source familiar with the matter said.
A Reuters witness said sirens and helicopters could be heard from the hotel where President-elect Lula was staying. Brasilia's military police said a backpack had been found and the bomb squad had been called out of precaution.
Brazil summoned the Israeli ambassador and recalled its envoy from Tel Aviv after a row erupted when Luiz Inacio compared Israel's war on Gaza to the Holocaust.
The summit comes alongside the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, which has reached a deadlock over climate financing.
G20 leaders met in Brazil's second largest city on Monday for talks on climate change, ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and more
"As president of the Republic and a citizen I will continue to comply with our constitution," said Bolsonaro during his short speech today after defeat at the hands of Lula.
Several Latin American countries have reassessed ties to Israel since its war on Gaza and called back diplomats