Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday renewed a proposal for his country to take part in international mediation concerning Ukraine, during a call with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
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“We highlighted importance of upholding the principle of sovereignty & territorial integrity of states,” Zelensky said of the call on Twitter.Ukraine has been at war with its much larger neighbor Russia since President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion a year ago. While many Western countries have sent weapons to Ukraine to help it defend itself against Russian aggression and even more have imposed sanctions on Moscow, Lula has ruled out sending arms to Kyiv.The Brazilian presidency in a statement Thursday reiterated that Brazil “defends the territorial integrity of Ukraine” but also wishes to “gather a group of nations capable of talking with both sides of the conflict to promote peace.
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