Visiting Portugal, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reaffirmed his desire to contribute to a “negotiated solution” between Ukraine and Russia, while refusing to participate in the conflict.
“At the same time as my government condemns the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, we defend a negotiated solution for the conflict. We urgently need a group of countries that sit down at the table with both Ukraine and Russia,” he said during a joint press conference with his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in Lisbon.
In turn, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa indicated that his country’s position is different from that of Brazil, in particular, Portugal believes that Ukraine should receive the necessary military aid to be able to defend itself against Russian aggression.
“President Lula believes that the path to a just and lasting peace presupposes a priority for this path of negotiation. The Portuguese position is different: it intends that a possible path to peace presupposes the right for Ukraine to be able to react to the invasion”reacted Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa about the statement of his Brazilian counterpart.
On April 6, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested that Ukraine cede the Crimean Peninsula to Russia to end the war, believing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “can’t want it all”. The 77-year-old president also offered joint Chinese-UAE mediation to end the war in Ukraine.
2023-04-23 12:40:06
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