Brazil parrots “propaganda” of Russia and China, denounces the US presidency. Brazil’s foreign minister has defended his country’s relations with Russia and rejected US criticism.
The US presidency sharply criticized the Brazilian president on Monday after Lula accused the US over the weekend of prolonging the war in Ukraine during official visits to China and the United Arab Emirates.
“In this particular case, Brazil is echoing Russian and Chinese propaganda without considering the facts,” said John Kirby, the White House National Security Council spokesman.
In China, Lula, after meeting with Xi Jinping, accused Washington of “encouraging war” in Ukraine, something he repeated on Sunday, speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi.
“Europe and the US continue to contribute to the continuation of the war. While they have to sit around the table and say: ‘Enough’,” the centre-left Brazilian president said from the UAE capital.
His criticism indeed echoes statements from Moscow and Beijing, which blame Western countries for the war that broke out in February 2022, when the Russian army invaded Ukrainian territory on the orders of President Vladimir Putin.
Unlike Western powers, Brazil has never imposed economic sanctions on Russia over the war; like China, it says it wants to take on a mediating role.
“We are grateful to our Brazilian friends for their excellent understanding of the genesis of this situation” in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday, ahead of his scheduled meeting with President Lula in Brasilia.
Washington has no objection to the will of “any country to end the war,” Mr. Kirby countered. “This could be done now, today, if Mr. Putin stopped attacking Ukraine and withdrew his troops.”
“(President) Brazil’s recent comments that Ukraine should consider formally ceding Crimea as a peace concession are simply unwise,” added John Kirby.
Brazil rejects US criticism
Brazil’s foreign minister on Monday defended his country’s relations with Russia and rejected US criticism that the Latin American country’s president “echoes Russian propaganda” over the armed conflict in Ukraine.
“I don’t know how or why (White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby) came to that conclusion. But I don’t agree at all,” Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told reporters in Brasilia, where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who returned to power in January, met yesterday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Source :Skai
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