The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through a note published this Saturday (19), said it regretted the “content of the White House spokesperson’s statement” on President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) trip to Russia.
Bolsonaro met with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (16) and, on the occasion, said that Brazil was “in solidarity” with the country. Later, during a press conference, the Brazilian president did not repeat the phrase and said that Brazil preaches peace and respects “those who act this way”.
In a statement, the White House said that Bolsonaro’s statement took place at a time that “couldn’t have been worse”, given the current tension on Russia’s border with Ukraine, a nation supported by the United States and member countries of the Organization of American States. North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) in the current geopolitical struggle.
The Itamaraty, however, defended Brazil’s positions regarding the tensions as “clear, public” and “transmitted on repeated occasions to the authorities of friendly countries and expressed within the ambit of the United Nations Security Council”.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not consider similar extrapolations regarding the President’s speech to be constructive, nor useful, therefore”, concludes the folder.
On the occasion, in a conversation with journalists after meeting with Putin, Bolsonaro said that the Brazilian delegation’s trip to Russia was a “trade and peace mission”. From a commercial point of view, the president considered that “Brazil is largely dependent on fertilizers from other countries, especially here from Russia”.
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Currently, US President Joe Biden maintains that Russia is about to invade Ukraine – a thesis denied by Russia. The US said the troop movement at the borders suggests that Russia “has made a decision” about the possible invasion.
Putin participated in planned nuclear military exercises on Saturday, where ballistic and cruise missiles were launched, the state news agency RIA reported.
On Sunday (20), Vladimir Putin is expected to have another conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has positioned himself as a recurring diplomatic intermediary in the matter.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists from the east of the country began the evacuation of civilians from the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk, self-declared independent republics, after episodes of ceasefire violations in the region.
Source: CNN Brasil
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