1 of 1 Former Chancellor Celso Amorim is Special Adviser to the Presidency Photo: AGÊNCIA BRASIL Former Chancellor Celso Amorim is Special Adviser to the Presidency Photo: AGÊNCIA BRASIL
The Special Adviser to the Presidency met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev. “Brazil can play an important role in stopping Russian aggression,” said the Ukrainian vicechancellor. Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, members of his cabinet and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk, who deputized in the absence of Chancellor Dmitro Kuleba, who is out of the country.
According to the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, Amorim said the visit was “very peaceful”. “The dialogue was positive, built trust and aimed to explain our goals for peace,” he added, without giving further details on the issues discussed, noting that the government will soon provide more details of the meeting should be officially announced.
Although the meeting took place behind closed doors, Melnyk, who is also the Ukrainian representative to America, stressed in a publication on social media that “Brazil can play an important role in ending Russian aggression and achieving a lasting and just peace.” . . He also expressed his interest in reviving a strategic partnership sealed in 2009, concluding the text with a thank you in Portuguese: “Obrigado”.
According to the Brazilian government, the purpose of the meeting was for the former Brazilian foreign minister to hear from Ukrainian representatives the main demands in order to start peace negotiations that can end the conflict with Russia that began in February 2022.
According to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil is making “great efforts” to form a group of countries including China and India to negotiate a peace deal.
After meeting with Putin, Celso Amorim is meeting with the President of Ukraine today in Kiev
“I think this is the time for diplomacy, not the time for war. Everyone knows that Brazil condemned the territorial invasion of Ukraine. But at the same time, continuing the war will only lead to death,” Lula said Tuesday. Messe, after meeting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Brasília.
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At the beginning of April, Celso Amorim was in Moscow, the capital of Russia, for talks with President Vladimir Putin. After President Lula’s trip to China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Brazil the following week
“I hope that Celso doesn’t bring me the solution, but that he brings me evidence of solutions so that we can start talking about peace. He already knows what Putin wants, he will now know what Zelensky wants. Instruments to talk and build with other countries.” “Who knows, the possibility of stopping this war,” the Brazilian president said on Tuesday.