Vladimir Putin’s Foreign Minister in Brazil: embarrassing visit for Lula da Silva

The proclaimed neutrality of Brazil with respect to the war drama suffered by Ukrainebecome this Monday to some degree embarrassing for the government of Lula da Silva with the presence in Brasilia on an official trip of Vladimir Putin’s talkative foreign minister, Serguei Lavrov.

The official proclaimed in Itamaraty that the two countries have “similar approaches” in international affairs”. He didn’t need to mention the war. Lavrov, a historic 20-year foreign minister, has moved using every inch to expose the depth of society in all senses that would exist with the second largest economy in the American hemisphere.

The visit and that attitude have backgrounds. It comes after the PT leader said in Abu Dhabi a few hours ago that both Ukraine and Russia they are equally responsible for the conflict warlike and doomed the United States. and to Europe for providing military assistance to Kiev. A vision that defends and salutes the Kremlin.

Lavrov received another endorsement from his Brazilian colleague, veteran diplomat Mauro Vieira, who reiterated his country’s criticisms by the sanctions that Western countries apply to Moscow due to the invasion that started a year ago.

World order

The conflict also condemned by Brazil, it is not conventional warfare. There are no Ukrainian troops on the Russian side, nor is the Federation affected militarily. Only Ukraine is being attacked and invaded, challenging the arguments for co-responsibility.

“We talked about various relevant issues on the international and regional agenda, emphasizing that the approaches of Brazil and Russia to the problems occurring in the world today are similar,” Lavrov said.

The two countries are joined by the desire to contribute to a more democratic and polycentric world orderbased on the fundamental principle of the sovereignty and equality of states,” he added without clarifying the limits that the Kremlin imposes on these principles.

And he remarked: “We are very grateful to our Brazilian friends for their clear understanding of the genesis of the situation”, referring to the war.

Then the registrar sent an invitation from Vladimir Putin for Lula to go to Moscow. “We are working to identify dates that are convenient for both sides,” Vieira agreed, anticipating that the invitation would be accepted, then the Kremlin envoy met privately with the Brazilian president.

Trading

Lula’s chancellor repeated an idea he had already advanced clarion last January in his first interview with an international media, when he claimed that “our position is in favor of an immediate ceasefire, respect for humanitarian law and a negotiated solution with a view to lasting peace which addresses the security concerns of both sides”.

The issue that is not particularly clear in this statement is the demand that kyiv imposes as an inevitable condition for any dialogue e which is the withdrawal of invading troops from their territory.

This possibility had been mentioned by Lula da Silva when he stressed that Ukraine would have to cede the Crimean peninsula to achieve peace: “It cannot claim everything”. Russia, in turn, would have to withdraw from the territories it has conquered.

The comment prompted a disgusted reaction from President Vladimir Zelenski who reiterated his country’s decision to make it don’t give an inch of land to the enemy. She also triggered other comments.

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt asked a clouded Lula on social media: “Would you be willing to give up a piece of Brazil as big as Crimea… just to have peace of mind? We’ll talk there.”

Brazil has proposed, so far without much success, the formation of a group of countries “neutral”” to build a sort of mediation in this conflict. In this sense, Lula has tried to involve China in the project but has had no results.

During his visit to his colleague Xi Jinping, the Brazilian leader signed a series of bilateral documents that did not contain the word war, speaking of crisis or conflict, in line with the Russian position which does not call this bloody military intervention that and the same makes the People’s Republic.

Brasilia. Special delivery