HE new role In the world claimed by China and Brazil Ukraine. Both applied as intermediaries He offered peace proposals in today’s great conflict and earned the contempt of the West. War and ways to end it were discussed this Friday by famous figures of an era, Xi Jinping and Lula da Silva. new world order At a time when tensions between the Asian giant and Washington were escalating, they gradually distanced themselves from the traditional in a meeting where they strengthened their ties.
plan lula For Ukraine, this is even more ambiguous than the 12 items of China’s proposal. consists of creating “peace group” neutral countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia…) Moscow And Kyiv negotiation This is just a draft, more well-intentioned than calendars and details, but there are many alternatives. Joe Biden heard your offer lula inside Washington with olympic selfishness and didn’t deserve the attention Brussels.
Problem lulafor example xiIt is based on impartiality, not commitment to the theses of the West. Conflict analysis brings the Chinese closer. lula signed the last sentence UN to the Russian occupation did not participate in the sanctions and refused the arms shipments to Ukraine demanded by Washington. He criticized the incessant flow of arms from Europe and the United States to Kiev, and advocated an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. beijing plan and Washington’s denial is outrageous.
Return everything except the Crimea
He explained that Russia shares the blame for the confusion with the president of the United States, Europe and Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky. And as a possible peace solution he proposed the return of new lands conquered by Russia, not Crimea. this kind speech HE squeaks in western prime ministers and only his sympathy and high morals stopped the avalanche of accusations that Xi endured for similar ideas.
efforts lula It is not uncommon to seek peace. He sent a letter to Moscow last month. Celso Amorimher international policy adviser, to explain his plan to Putin and Paris, to share it with Macron, who is his own voice in Europe. Lula spoke with Zelenski on the phone last month and they agreed to a visit “at the right time”.
Russia supplies fertilizers with Brazil It needs agriculture, but basing Lula’s position on trade is a mistake. The eccentric would be to follow Western dictation. None of the BRICS members, who make up 40 percent of the world’s population, supported the sanctions against Moscow. This Location is monolithic in Latin America. Washington has made a seemingly irresistible offer to the region: donate your obsolete Russian weapons to Ukraine, and we’ll replace it with the latest in our war showcase.
“Peaceful countries”
Outright rejected. From Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia reminded Washington that they are “peace countries”. “Even if our Russian weapons are scrapped, we will not send them to Ukraine to prolong the war,” said Colombian President Gustavo Pedro. that watering a conflict with weapons is the best way to end it.
Brussels And Washington They defend Zelensky’s plan because they argue it complies with the United Nations Charter and ensures “a just and lasting peace”. The offer includes the return of all territories, Crimea and an international tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes. It sounds more like a capitulation agreement than a peace offer, and it doesn’t seem like a close hypothesis, given that Russia is a nuclear power and Putin is risking his political and possibly personal future in the war. The West’s solution is to wait for Putin to stop the war to discuss these conditions.
In a joint statement released after the meeting between Xi and Lula, both sides agreed that dialogue is the “only solution” to end the conflict, and Brazil welcomed China’s proposal, which offers repercussions for seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Concordance was also seen in other areas. In fact, the Brazilian president called deepen ties “Beyond commercial interests” and “embraced its commitment” with Chinatrue multilateralism” China. According to Xi, their relationship will “play a key role for world stability and peace.” The statement expressed support for promoting “a more open, inclusive and balanced economic globalization.”
During her state visit, Lula complemented her successor, Dilma Rousseff, who was in office from 2011-2016 in Shanghai, as the new head of the BRICS development bank, a forum in which Brazil integrates Russia, India, China and South Africa. The goal is for the New Development Bank (NDB) to become the benchmark for the Global South as an alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) for developing countries.