Brazil’s President, who heads to Moscow, promised Putin to negotiate in Istanbul

Brazilian President Luis Inasiu Lula da Silva. Photo Getty Images

Brazilian President Luis Inasiu Lula da Silva stated that he would personally demand from the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to participate in negotiations with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in Turkey.

Source: Kyiv Post and Hurriyet Daily News

Details: According to the media, Da Silva on the way back to Brazil after the regional forum is completed in China will stop in Moscow.

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Direct Language of the Brazilian President At a press conference in Beijing on the eve of departure: “I will try to talk to Putin. I do not cost me to say:” Hey, Comrade Putin, go to Istanbul and negotiate, get the hell. ”

It is known that the negotiations planned for May 15 in Istanbul can be the first direct negotiations between Kiev and Moscow since 2022.

Da Silva’s comments appeared after the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on May 13 called on Brazil to use his influence on Russia and make a meeting between Putin and Zelensky.

And also after Brazil and China published a joint statement on May 13, which called for direct negotiations as “the only way to end the conflict.”

Prehistory:

• On June 11, 2024, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Brazil President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva. The parties reported that they discussed the Summit of Peace, which was to take place on June 15-16 in Switzerland, and the desire of Brazil to “contribute” to the settlement of the war in Ukraine.
• Brazil became one of the countries that did not sign the final communique of the Global Peace Summit, which took place on June 15-16, 2024 in Switzerland.
• Subsequently, China and Brazil jointly published a “six points” consensus “to promote the” political resolution of the Ukrainian crisis “. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC stated that this plan “received a positive reaction in more than 110 countries.”