Lavrov thanks Brazil for its efforts for peace in Ukraine
Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, is visiting Brazil. Mr Lavrov is due to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tomorrow. Before this meeting, the head of Russian diplomacy, for whom the Brazilian authorities rolled out the red carpet at Brasilia airport, spoke at midday with his counterpart, Mauro Vieira. “We thank Brazil for its contribution to [la recherche d’] a solution to this conflict.he said at a press conference. “We are interested in seeing this conflict end as soon as possible”he continued, while advocating, however, a solution “sustainable and not immediate”.
Last week, during an official visit to China, Lula reiterated his intention to create a “G20 of peace”, a group of countries whose goal would be to work for an end to the Ukraine conflict. He also said that the United States should “stop encouraging war and start talking about peace”. And “The European Union must start talking about peace”, launched the Brazilian president on Saturday in front of journalists in Beijing. The next day, during a stopover in the United Arab Emirates, Lula judged that the war launched by Russia in Ukraine in February 2022 had been provoked by “decisions made by two countries”. “We are grateful to our Brazilian friends for the excellent understanding of the genesis of this situation” in Ukraine, commented Mr. Lavrov Monday, in Brasilia. “We are united by a common desire to form a fairer polycentric world”he added.
Ten days ago, in Turkey, he affirmed that peace negotiations on Ukraine are only possible if they aim at the establishment of a ” new world order “, without American domination. Mr. Lavrov’s visit to Brasilia comes three weeks after that in Moscow of Celso Amorim, President Lula’s main adviser for international affairs, who had met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.
Brazil and Russia are part of the Brics, a group of emerging countries which also includes India, China and South Africa in its ranks. According to the Russian state agency TASS, Brazil is the first stop on a week-long tour by Mr. Lavrov of Latin America, including Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, three countries openly hostile to Washington.