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BRASILIA, March 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Thursday that he would Ukraine and Russia will encourage them to join peace talks to end the conflict between them.
“I reaffirmed Brazil’s willingness to talk to other countries and participate in any initiative related to peace and dialogue. Nobody cares about war,” Lula said Zelensky said on Twitter after the video call.
The left-wing Brazilian leader is the peace of the war way supports the creation of a group of countries that can mediate the solution.
While Lula said Russia was wrong to invade a sovereign state, he insisted on the South American nation’s traditional policy of strict neutrality, refusing to give Brazil’s German-made artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
Last month USADuring Lula’s visit to the conflict, negotiations will be reached with the participation of more neutral global players way called for a solution.
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine completed one year last week, Zelensky He called for a summit with the leaders of Latin America and said he was ready to leave Ukraine to participate in such a meeting.
In an interview with “Time” magazine last year, when he was still a candidate for the presidency, Lula both because of the conflict Russia said that President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky are responsible.
At that time, Lula said that Zelensky “wants war” and would “negotiate a little more” if not, although he reiterated that Russia was “wrong” to invade its neighbor.
Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Written by Anthony Boadle; Edited by Brendan O’Boyle and Paul Simao
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2023-03-02 23:59:24
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