The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, delivered on Wednesday to the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, his refusal to the comparison that the Brazilian president made between the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the Holocaust.
Blinken sHe raised the issue during the hour-and-a-half meeting he had with Lula in the presidential palace of Planalto, in Brasilia, American sources report.
Lula’s comments sparked a diplomatic crisis between Brazil and Israel, the Brazilian president said as “persona non grata”.
Blinken and Lula had a conversation about the situation in Gaza “broad” and “frank”American government sources explained.
In it, the head of American diplomacy He made it “clear that he does not agree” with the comparison with Lula.
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. EFE photoRegarding the conflict in the Middle East, the Brazilian presidency underlined, in an official note, that Lula and Blinken “agree on the need for the creation of a Palestinian state”.
According to American sources, the two politicians also disagreed on Ukraine, given that the Brazilian president he spoke of seeking a “diplomatic” solution. to the conflict, but Blinken said the “conditions” for this do not exist and stressed the United States’ unwavering support for Kiev.
In this regard, in Brazil’s official statement, Lula “reaffirmed his desire for peace and an end to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip”.
The situation in Venezuela is also on the tableafter the disqualification of opposition candidate María Corina Machado was confirmed.
The United States hopes that Lula use your influence on the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, so that democratic elections can be held in the South American country.
During the meeting, Lula reiterated his invitation to Biden to visit Brazil, a complicated trip given that this is an election year in the United States.
After the meeting, Blinken traveled to Rio de Janeiro participate in the meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers, where he will meet the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov.
He will arrive in Buenos Aires on Thursday to meet Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, on Friday.
Source: Clarin
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