In May, he pulled out of a planned meeting with Mr Zelenskyy on the fringes of the G7 summit in Japan, saying the Ukrainian leader had not shown up because he was late.ĭays later, Lula spoke to Vladimir Putin via telephone. His relations with both countries' leaders have been far from smooth. Lula has tried in recent months to build a group of neutral countries to get peace talks going.īut since he took office in January, the president has been criticised for saying Ukraine and Russia are equally responsible for the war. Together with others for when both countries want it,' he said. 'Brazil's role is to try to arrive at a peace proposal Inacio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, suggested peace proposals wouldn't be achieved until both Russia and Ukraine are willing to negotiate. The Brazilian president says he believes neither Vladimir Putin nor the Ukrainian president are 'ready for peace'. Our 5.25pm post carried hopes from Volodymyr Zelenskyy that a peace summit with Russia could take place within months - but Brazil appears to have poured cold water on expectations.

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