In call with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, France President Emmanuel Macron agreed that it is necessary to open peace negotiations in Ukraine with both sides on the table, including Russia in conversations, in a change of posture of Europeans, that until then they had been talking only with the Ukrainian side.
“I expressed my concern with the international scenario and reaffirmed Brazil’s commitment to the promotion of peace and the defense of democracy. We both recognize the importance of a solution to the war in Ukraine that includes the participation of all parties involved in the conflict, ”Lula wrote on his social networks after the call with Macron.
The president of France reiterated the same position also through social networks. “I just talked to President Lula. We believe together that peace in Ukraine can only be achieved through discussions that gather Russia and Ukraine around the same table. Peace is possible and the international community must mobilize, ”wrote Macron.
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According to a source from the Brazilian side that accompanied the conversation, Macron informed Lula that European countries had a meeting about the Ukraine war on Monday, but reported without details.
The stance of including Russia in negotiations moves away from the adopted by Europeans so far, when the most common position was that listening to the Russians would be “rewarding the invader.” Already the Brazilian government argued that it was not possible to negotiate without including Russia.
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In June last year, Lula decided not to go to a peace conference in Switzerland because Russia was not invited. “It is not possible to have a fight between two and find that meeting only one, solves the problem,” Lula said at the time.
The change of posture of Europeans comes at a time when the United States, under Donald Trump, try to open peace negotiations with Russia, but isolating Europe. The US president even said that European countries would not be called for negotiation.
Shortly thereafter, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio secured Europe’s participation, but the United States kept the stance of opening direct dialogue with Russia, this time without including Ukraine.
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Previously, Brazil and China tried to gather countries with relations with both sides, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Indonesia, to try a proposal that could serve as a basis for a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refused to proposal.
