Minister of Foreign Affairs states that the presidential trip to Russia only brought positive results to Brazil
Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, said on Monday (12.MAI.2025) Poder360 that the photos in which the President (PT) appears with 19 leaders of authoritarian regimes – paises without democratic freedom and with repression of the media and opposition – in Moscow does not cause “No problem”.
In the assessment of the head of Itamaraty, Lula’s presence at the event was institutional and represented Brazil in celebrating the victory of the Russians in the war against fascism.
Vieira said Brazil has strong trade and diplomatic relations with Russia and that the result of the visit to Moscow was “positive”. There was no embarrassment.
Lula participated on Friday (9.MAI) of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II, along with the 19 autocrats.
During the event, he accompanied a military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, which exhibited military equipment, part of them used in the invasion of Ukraine.
First Lady Janja Lula da Silva also attended the event, as well as former President Dilma Rousseff (PT), who chairs the NBD (New Development Bank), known as “Banco dos Brics”, since 2023.
Lula’s photos caused. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) was one of the opponents who spoke out against the conduct of Brazilian foreign policy. Said on Sunday (11.ma) being.
Flávio is the firstborn of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has a history of praise for former Latin America autocrats, from the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985) to figures such as Augusto Pinochet, from Chile, and Alfredo Stroessner, from Paraguay.
When he occupied the Planalto Palace, Bolsonaro maintained a close relationship with Putin and other names considered autocrats, such as Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whom he has called “brother”.
Flávio’s father has also described Saudi Arabia prince Mohammed Bin Salman, accused of involvement in the death of a critical journalist to his regime, as a “Almost brother”.
