Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva refused to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky. writes about this TASS He said, referring to the Globo newspaper.
Zelensky offered to meet da Silva when he stopped in Brazil on his way to the inauguration of the Argentine president, but he declined. The source reported that the request was made “at the very last moment” – on Thursday, December 7, when Lula da Silva and representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs were at a summit of heads of state of the countries participating in South America. Common Market (Mercosur) in Rio de Janeiro.
The timing and conditions proposed by Zelensky were “considered strange.” The Ukrainian leader took a break to refuel his plane at an air base in Brazil on the evening of December 9. The plane flew to Argentina two hours after landing.
“Very rarely, such meetings are held at an airbase without preparation and without prior notice,” one Brazilian diplomat said.
In May, Ukrainian and Brazilian leaders attended the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima but failed to hold a bilateral meeting, to which Lula da Silva said Zelensky “did not show up.”
President of Brazil declarationIt was stated that the country is ready to participate in measures that can contribute to a just and lasting peace, as well as a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Brazilian Presidential Assistant for International Affairs Celso Amorim speaks via video conference at an international meeting in Saudi Arabia named It is impossible to have real negotiations on Ukraine without Russia.
Putin had previously met with the President of Brazil. approved Openness to dialogue on Ukraine.