In a press conference at the end of the meeting, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira indicated that through these approaches they could even begin “some direct talks between the two parties concerned” and even spoke of a possible meeting between Lula. And Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“President Lula has already met with President Putin several times in the past. If the conditions are met, if there is this possibility, I have no doubt that they will meet,” the advisor said when asked if Lula would meet with the Russian president. After his meeting with Zelensky.
The meeting between the Brazilian leader and the Ukrainian president was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since the beginning of the war, although they had already spoken in March via video.
Lula met with Zelensky last May at the G7 summit held in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and although they agreed to meet in person, the meeting did not take place due to alleged “agenda problems.”
Since then, the Brazilian president, who took power on January 1, has launched some initiatives to achieve peace after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which have not been well received by Western powers or Zelensky himself.
According to Lula, a group of countries should be created to promote dialogue between Ukraine and Russia, which was not accepted by the United States, the European Union and Zelensky, among others, who considered that they would be put at the negotiating table. On an equal footing with the invading state and the aggressed state.
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