Brazil’s Lula urges Russia’s Putin to ‘go to Istanbul and negotiate’

Brazil, China telephone for nonstop talks arsenic the “only mode to extremity the conflict” betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to property his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to be negotiations with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful Turkiye, adding to calls connected Moscow to participate talks and extremity its three-year war.

Lula is expected to halt successful the Russian superior connected the mode backmost from attending a determination forum successful China.

“I’ll effort to speech to Putin,” Lula said astatine a quality league successful Beijing connected Wednesday earlier his departure.

“It costs maine thing to say, ‘hey, comrade Putin, spell to Istanbul and negotiate, dammit,'” helium said.

The negotiations, expected to instrumentality spot connected Thursday successful Turkiye’s commercialized hub, Istanbul, would beryllium the archetypal nonstop talks betwixt Kyiv and Moscow since 2022, soon aft Russia’s full-scale penetration of its neighbour.

Lula’s comments travel aft the Ukrainian overseas curate urged Brazil to usage its power with Russia to unafraid a face-to-face gathering betwixt Putin and Zelenskyy.

Brazil and China issued a associated connection connected Tuesday calling for nonstop negotiations arsenic the “only mode to extremity the conflict”.

Zelenskyy earlier dared Putin to conscionable him successful Turkiye, saying if helium does not amusement up, it would amusement that Moscow is not funny successful peace.

He besides urged United States President Donald Trump, presently on a circuit of Middle Eastern countries, to besides sojourn Turkiye and enactment successful the talks.

Trump had announced that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would enactment successful the talks successful Istanbul.

A State Department authoritative said Rubio was expected to beryllium successful Istanbul connected Friday.

The Kremlin has not yet specified whether Putin volition be successful person, stating lone that the “Russian delegation volition beryllium present”.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by Russian quality agencies arsenic saying Moscow was acceptable for superior talks connected Ukraine, but doubted Kyiv’s capableness for negotiations.

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