About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday in a peaceful standoff.

Climate talks president André Corrêa do Lago, a veteran Brazilian diplomat, met with the group as they blocked the entrance.

He cradled a protester's baby in his arms as he talked, smiling and nodding. After a prolonged discussion, do Lago and the protesters moved away from the entrance together.

Brazilian military personnel kept demonstrators from entering the site hosting COP30 meetings in Belem, but there appeared to be no physical altercations.

The protesters, most in traditional Indigenous garb, formed a human chain around the entrance to block people from entering as the day's meetings began. Other groups of activists formed a secondary chain around them.

The demonstration comes after an incident Tuesday night in which Indigenous demonstrators rushed the entrance of the main venue, clashing with security and leaving two guards with minor injuries.

Demonstrations appeared to be ramping up heading into the weekend. Saturday at the end of the conference's first week is traditionally the day of the biggest protests during United Nations climate talks.

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