“We just insist that it’s necessary to sit down and talk. We’re ready to join other countries that have contact with both sides and promote some kind of discussion that would lead to a ceasefire, would lead to talks about peace and releasing the suffering of the population,” he stated.
Brasil’s neutral position on the Ukrainian conflict is sharply criticized by the US. In April, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the country “is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without at all looking at the facts”.
