Washington must stop “to encourage war” In Ukraine, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in a final speech in China, before heading to the United Arab Emirates where he is expected to be on Saturday, April 15.
“The United States must stop encouraging war and start talking about peace, and the European Union must start talking about peace.”Lula was released on Saturday in front of reporters in Beijing.
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This will enable the international community ” He convinces “ Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky “Peace is in the interest of the whole world”he added.
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Before returning to Brasilia, Lula will head to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday for a one-day official visit where he will meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Lula, who returned to power in January after two terms between 2003 and 2010, paid a two-day visit to China to boost economic ties with its major trading partner. He also took the opportunity to confirm that Brazil was ” back “ On the international scene, it hopes to play a mediating role in the conflict in Ukraine.
“Dialogue and negotiation”
Unlike many Western powers, China and Brazil have never imposed financial sanctions on Russia and are trying to position themselves as mediators.
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Especially since China is under increasing international pressure to put pressure on Moscow and bring it to the negotiating table.
With this in mind, Lula advocates the idea of creating a group of states whose goal would be to work for peace in Ukraine, and before his visit to China he had promised that this group would be “creature” on his way back. Asked about this idea after his meeting with the Chinese president, Lula did not elaborate.
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According to the state-run New China Agency, Lula and Xi Jinping said so “Dialogue and negotiation” She was “the only possible way” To resolve the crisis, invite other countries to play a “constructive role” for a political settlement.
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Precise balance position
The Brazilian president’s trip was an opportunity for the leader to criticize the Western powers. On Thursday, he criticized the spread of the US dollar in international trade and accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of“suffocating the economies of countries like Argentina”.
Xi Jinping and Lula also called on developed countries to fulfill their promise of $100 billion annually to the poorest countries to combat the effects of climate change.
Lula concluded with this visit a close economic and diplomatic agreement with China, stressing that this deepening is not negotiable.
He will now have to manage a delicate balancing act between the United States, with which Brasilia maintains strong ties, and China.
But the leftist leader was not worried. “I am convinced that our relationship with China does not necessarily cause friction with the United States.”He said.
