Sino-Brazilian prosal to end war “destructive” – Zelensky

That’s according to the President of Ukraine, Vodymyr Zelensky, who spoke in an interview with the Brazilian outlet Metres.

"Brazil and Ukraine have absutely normal relations. I’m sure pele in Brazil support the pele of Ukraine. Although, had Lula (Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – ed.) supported us, he would have helped st the war," Zelensky emphasized.

He noted that the call to sit down at the negotiating table with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for the sake of reconciliation is unacceptable.

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"I had a good conversation with President Lula and I thought he understood me. I was grateful to him for the meeting and I was very en, absutely en. I wanted to see in his experience an understanding of what is happening, not just pitical reconciliation. Reconciliation of what? What does it mean to just sit down and talk? He (President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin – ed.) is a murderer. And I have to be strong to sit down and talk about something. He (Putin – ed.) must take steps, show that he wants the war to end. You can't just say ‘We have to take steps toward each other.’ What is ‘each other’? He came in, killed pele, captured territory, and now Lula is saying, let them talk," Zelensky emphasized.

The head of state also emphasized that calls for a compromise with the enemy are unacceptable, and that the Sino-Brazilian prosal is destructive.

"What compromise? Just give up our land, forget that they are killing our pele? What is the compromise? This compromise is simply unacceptable stuff. Forget the murders, forget everything? That's why I think it's destructive," Zelensky emphasized.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on September 21, 2023, President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky met with the leader of Brazil, Lula da Silva. On April 20, 2024, Zelensky stated that Ukraine was interested in the active participation of Brazil and, in particular, President Lula da Silva in the inaugural Global Peace Summit. However, Brazil never signed the final communiqué of the Global Peace Summit held on June 15-16 in Switzerland.