Lula will ask Putin to meet Zelensky – Liberation

Will Brazil succeed where Western threats have failed? This is what President Lula hopes, who expressed his wish to see the Kremlin master going to Turkey to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey as part of Negotiations on the outcome of the war in Ukraine. « It costs me nothing to say to him: » Eh, comrade poutine, go to Istanbul negotiate, damn «  »,, said Lula at a press conference in Beijing.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was part Heads of State present at the commemorations of the end of the Second World War May 9 in Moscow, joined his voice multiple calls addressed to the Russian leader So that he goes personally to Istanbul during direct talks with kyiv. « I will try to talk to Putin »also launched Lula from China, before a stopover planned in Moscow during his return trip to Brazil.

THE Negotiations scheduled for Thursday in Istanbul Will be the first direct discussions between Ukraine and Russia since the spring of 2022. Lula’s words are intervening after kyiv urged Brazil to use his influence with Moscow to allow a meeting between the Russian president and his Ukrainian counterpart.

For their part, China and Brazilpublished a joint declaration on Tuesday May 13 in which they welcomed « The Russian president Vladimir Putin proposal to start peace negotiations » with Ukraine. In this text, the two countries have also qualified the direct dialogue of « The only way to end the conflict »according to the official agency China Nouvelle.

Volodymyr Zelensky also encouraged US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to go to Türkiye to participate in the discussions. But the latter announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was going to go there. The Kremlin, for its part, has not yet specified if Vladimir Putin would attend the discussions, contenting himself with indicating that a Russian delegation would be present.