2023-04-20 16:17:39
He advanced the trip one day. She will go to Portugal and Spain. It would deal with the EU/Mercosur agreement and the conflict between kyiv and Moscow.
The disappointment of Europe and the United States, due to his recent shift towards Russia and China, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva anticipated his departure this Thursday for his European tour, where must manifest on the war between kyiv and Moscow and another controversial topic: the EU-Mercosur agreement.
The press office of the Planalto Palace reported that the president is embarking on Thursday night, at 10 p.m. local time, heading to Portugal, the first destination of his journey, which includes a visit to Spain.
Initially, Lula was going to leave Brasília on Friday for Lisbon.
Government sources said that he will defend peace in Ukraine, but with a speech less “radical” whom he adopted on his recent tour of China and the United Arab Emirates, where he made statements that were questioned by the EU and the United States, the newspaper O Globo reported.
Lula will be received next Saturday by the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo
The president is scheduled to land on April 25 in Spain, where he will meet with the head of government, Pedro Sánchez.
What did Lula say?
During his trip to China and the Emirates in mid-April, Lula said that the United States must stop “inciting war” in Ukraine.
“The United States must stop encouraging war and start talking about peace, the European Union must start talking about peace,” he said.
He also suggested Ukraine hand over Crimea to the Russians in order to end the war; something that kyiv answered with thick ammunition. The Brazilian put kyiv in the place of the aggressor when in reality is the country invaded.
The spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Nikolenko, stated that Ukraine is the first to be interested in ending the war, that it watches Lula’s efforts “with interest” and trusts that he can make a visit that will allow him direct contact.
However, in a much more critical tone, he added that Lula puts “the victim and the aggressor on the same level” and for attacking Ukraine’s allies who help it “protect itself from murderous aggression.”
The Brazilian press itself condemned Lula’s pro-Russian position and called him naive and megalomaniac.
O Globo affirmed that “after having taken an inappropriate position in favor of Russia in the war with Ukraine, Brazil hashas completely lost the ability to participate in a group of countries in favor of peace”.
Folha de Sao Paulo, in turn, warns about a “risky diplomacy” with Lula assuming “an unnecessary political cost by aligning himself with Beijing and Moscow.”
Clarín writing with information from agencies
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