Bolsonaro speaks with Putin and affirms that Brazil continues with a position of “caution”

The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonarospoke this Sunday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and stated that the position of the South American giant in the face of the war that Russia is waging with Ukraine It will continue to be “cautious”, according to the president at a press conference.

“Our position has to be quite cautious, we cannot act when trying to solve a serious case”Bolsonaro declared at a press conference granted at the recreational facilities of a military base in Guarujá, on the coast of Sao Paulo and where he will spend the days of Carnival.

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“Nobody is in favor of war anywhere in the world, but we have very serious problems for all of humanity and for our country, which is also in that context.”, said Bolsonaro, who spoke with Putin by telephone this Sunday.

The leader of the Brazilian far-right did not give details of the conversation with Putin, whom he officially visited a week before the military conflict broke out with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“I believe that a solution will be reached. It is not enough to see who is right, we have to have judgment so as not to deepen a crisis. And I think that in the next few days or hours a solution will appear”he underlined.

Despite Brazil having voted in favor of condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine In the United Nations Security Council, Bolsonaro has not spoken out against Putin and even disavowed Vice President General Hamilton Mourao, who harshly criticized the attacks.

“Much of the population of Ukraine speaks Russian. They are practically sister countries. There has been no talk of a massacre of civilians for a long time, but history shows what has been happening since Russia lost its ‘Iron Curtain’”, commented.

“This illegal invasion is the sole responsibility of Putin, but NATO created the conditions for it to happen”

The Brazilian leader cited that the southern Ukrainian regions voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence in a referendum, a similar process by which the Ukraine I pass.

“What Russia wants is the independence of those two areas. I am not going to go into the merit of who is right or wrong, but what we are looking for is peace at this time”, said the president, who insisted that the priority is to continue withdrawing Brazilian and South American citizens from Ukrainian territory.

On the impact that the war had on Ukraine may have on fuel prices in Brazil, Bolsonaro asserted that the conflict affects all countries in this regard.

“Peace is the best way for us to be free from a considerable rise in fuel prices. Us and everyone.” Bolsonaro pointed out.

Similarly, he considered that the impact can be felt in agribusiness, since Brazil, as a world potential for food production, depends on the import of fertilizers, Ukraine being one of the major suppliers.

“We have fertilizers throughout the country, at the mouth of the Madeira River we have abundant potassium, but it is an indigenous reserve, why don’t we exploit that there? because Brazil has long been experiencing an ‘industry’ of demarcation of indigenous lands”he questioned.

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Source: Elcomercio

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