The leaders of the two countries spoke by phone about the world situation, about the participation of Brazil and China in the BRICS summit in August, about the need for peace in Ukraine. “And about our strategic partnership at the bilateral level,” RIA Novosti quoted Lulu da Silva as saying.
Earlier, Lula da Silva said that his country is not going to please anyone with his opinion on the Ukrainian conflict, his aim is to encourage Moscow and kyiv to start negotiations. “I want to find a third alternative (to resolve the conflict), which is to build peace,” she stressed.