Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil rejected the request of Germany to send ammunition to Ukraine as he don’t want Brazil to be part of any kind war, directly or indirectly.
Brazil is a land of peace. And that’s why Brazil doesn’t want any involvement in this war, not even indirectly. We should look for who can help find peace between Russia and Ukraine.”
Lula at joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Kyiv desperately needs more ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft tank delivered from Germany, While Brazil has more than 300,000 rounds of this kind of ammunition.
Lula also added that Russia and Ukraine should form respective groups of both countries that should be strong enough for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. He also named China as possible medium in the peace talks.
Lula statement on peace talk between two nations is in contrast to the statement by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz stated that on different occasion that peace negotiations could only begin once Russian troops withdraw from Ukraine. He has also highlighted that there could be no peace in Ukraine and Ukrainian must not lose their country as a result of this war. He also said that he wanted to direct talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue trying to work towards an end to the war against Ukraine.
I’ll be on the phone with Putin again – because we need to talk to each other. It’s up to Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and end this terrible, senseless war end that has already cost the lives of hundreds of thousands.”
Olaf Scholz-Via Berlin-based Tagesspiegel newspaper
Scholz fairly said that the current situation would never change as long as Russia continues the war undiminished aggression. Although the phone calls with Russian Leader were “not polite in tone,” Putin made it clear that he wanted “to incorporate parts of his neighboring country by force”, which was “unacceptable,” for the Olaf Scholz.
Sometimes there were also specific questions about the exchange of prisoners, grain exports from Ukraine and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant- But it’s important to me that the talks always come back to the actual topic: How is the world getting out of this terrible situation? The prerequisite for this is clear: the withdrawal of Russian troops.”
Olaf Scholz-Via Berlin-based Tagesspiegel newspaper
