Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with Russia’s President Vladimir
Putin on Saturday for about 40 minutes, the Brazilian
presidential palace said, adding that Putin shared information
about his discussions with the United States and “recent peace
efforts between Russia and Ukraine.”
The leaders also discussed their cooperation in the BRICS
group of emerging countries and “discussed the current
international political and economic scenario,” according to the
statement.
The conversation with Lula is the latest of a flurry of
calls between Putin and foreign leaders in recent days ahead of
the Russian president’s expected meeting with U.S. President
Donald Trump next week.
Putin spoke to the leaders of China and India, both also
part of the BRICS group of developing nations, and other
presidents from Central Asia and Europe on Friday to brief them
on his contacts with the United States about the war in Ukraine.
Lula has been in a public spat with Trump since the U.S.
imposed a 50% tariff on the imports of Brazilian goods, which
Trump linked to an alleged “witch hunt” against his ally and
Brazil’s former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. U.S.
imports of some Brazilian products, such as orange juice and
aircraft, received a lower rate.
Lula told Reuters on Wednesday he planned to call the
leaders of the BRICS countries, which also include South Africa,
to discuss a joint response to Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports.
The Brazilian leader spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday.
Trump has threatened BRICS nations with additional 10%
tariffs last month, as the group gathered in a summit in Rio de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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