Speaking with Brazil’s establishment daily Folha de Sao Paulo, President Lula da Silva’s chief foreign policy adviser, Celso Amorim, reported that he had traveled “discreetly” to Moscow last week, on Lula’s instructions, to meet with President Putin, to discuss the possibility of peace negotiations to end the Ukraine war. The six-day trip, which began March 28, also included a stop in Paris, basically to include a “Western link,” and to meet with President Macron’s foreign policy adviser, Emmanuel Bonne.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that Amorim was focused on the Ukrainian situation, but that Putin had also raised issues pertaining to bilateral relations and extended an invitation to Lula to visit Moscow. Amorim told Folha he was surprised by Putin’s warm reception and that they had spoken for an hour, during which Putin told Amorim how much he appreciated Brazil’s peace overtures, together with China’s.
