Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not visit Russia or Ukraine due to hostilities, he said on Tuesday. The leftist leader added that, however, he will work for peace and an end to the war.
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawill not visit Russia neither Ukraine due to hostilities, he said on Tuesday. The leftist leader added that, however, he will work for peace and an end to the war.
The PT leader flatly ruled out a possible trip to the conflict zone after considering a meeting in kyiv with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, with whom he spoke at the beginning of the month. At the same time, he refused to travel to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin.
In an interview with the Reuters agency, Lula made it clear that, although he will not travel to Ukraine and Russia, he will continue to work to find a peaceful solution to the conflict that has been going on for more than a year since the invasion in February 2022.
Weeks ago, the Brazilian president approached Putin with a peace proposal. Russian Vice Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin assured that the Russian leader is “examining” the document on he conflict in Ukraine. Besides, praised the “balanced policy” from the South American country.
“We take note of the statements by the president of Brazil on the subject of possible mediationto find political forms of avoid an escalation in Ukraine and correct calculation errors in the field of international security based on multilateralism and considering the interests of all the actors,” Galuzin said in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS.
At the beginning of the month, after making a peace proposal, Lula spoke via video call with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyto carry forward the table of neutral negotiation to put a stop to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
“I had a video meeting with the President of Ukraine. I reaffirmed Brazil’s desire to talk with other countries and participate in any initiative related to the construction of peace and dialogue. The war cannot be interesting for anyone,” Lula da Silva reported on his Twitter account.
Source: Ambito
