In front of Zelensky, Lula condemns invasion of Ukraine, but calls for dialogue

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Sunday (21), at a G7 meeting in Japan, he condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine -but called for “dialogue” to solve the conflict.

“I have repeated almost exhaustively that it is necessary to talk about peace. No solution will be lasting if it is not based on dialogue. We need to work to create the space for negotiations,” he said.

The leftist’s statements came at the working session “Towards a peaceful, stable and prosperous world,” with fixed members and guests of the G7.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was present. The Planalto articulates a meeting between the two.

“In line with the Charter of the United Nations, we strongly repudiate using force to resolve disputes. We condemn the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity,” Lula said in Japan.

“At the same time, with each day that the fighting continues, human suffering, the loss of lives, and the destruction of homes increase,” the Brazilian presidential candidate added.

In April, Lula said that the war in Europe was the fault of two countries: Russia and Ukraine. Later, he retracted the statement.

The Brazilian president also returned to criticize the multilateral mechanisms of the UN (United Nations).

“1945, the UN was founded to avoid a new World War. But the multilateral mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution no longer work,” he said.

The meeting of the group of the most industrialized countries in the world – Germany, Canada, USA, France, Italy, Japan, and the UK – is being held this year in Hiroshima.

Before the session, Lula had met the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

The 2 leaderstwodiscussed resuming the “strategic partnership” between Brazil and India and ending the war in Ukraine. “We are on the side of peace,” Lula wrote on his Twitter profile.

The Planalto articulates a Lula’s PT party meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier, Lula met with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, who is also attending the G7 summit, and they discussed environmental protection and the war in Ukraine.

“Trudeau reinforced that he is happy with the return of the Brazilian protagonism in the environmental debate in the world. We will work together, and I believe we can double the commercial relations between our countries,” wrote the Petista.

“This meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada is extremelycrucialil because we have a reasonably successful trade relationship of practically US$10.5 billion.”

“And what is important is that there is no advantage for any country; it is more or less equal. And we think that Brazil and Canada have conditions to double the commercial relations”, said the Brazilian president at the opening of the meeting.

Minutes before the meeting with Trudeau, Lula had gone to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The site commemorates the victims of the Little Boy atomic bomb, dropped on the city on August 6, 1945, during World War II.

On the 1st day of participation in the meeting, the Brazilian presidential candidate also spoke about the environment and possible changes in multilateral organizations, such as the UN (United Nations) Security Council.

The Brazilian presidential candidate integrated the panel “Working together to face multiple crises, including food, health, development, and gender”, his first debate as a guest at this edition of the G7 – a group of the most industrialized countries, composed by Germany, Canada, USA, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Besides Brazil, leaders from Australia, South Korea, Comoros, Cook Islands, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam were invited to this year’s summit.

BILATERAL MEETINGS

Besides the G7 panels, the president also participated in bilateral meetings. The meetings, however, were not highlighted in the local media.

Before the summit on Friday (19), he met with the Prime Ministers of Australia, Anthony Albanese, Japan, Fumio Kishida, and Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo.

On Saturday (20), Lula met the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, the Managing Director of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), Kristalina Georgieva, and the Prime Minister of Germany, Olaf Scholz.

With information from Poder360

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