BEIJING, China: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the United States should stop 'encouraging war' in Ukraine 'and start talking about peace.
''The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace, the European Union needs to start talking about peace,' Lula told reporters in Beijing at the end of a visit where he met with President Xi Jinping.
His visit, which included an economic agenda in Shanghai and a more political one in Beijing, comes after a meeting with US President Joe Biden in February.Unlike Western powers, neither China nor Brazil have imposed sanctions against Russia after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and both seek to position themselves as mediators to achieve peace.Before the trip, Lula had proposed creating a group of countries to mediate in the war, and said he would discuss this in Beijing.
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