Brazil's president suggests Ukraine cede Crimea to Russia to end war
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested on Thursday that Ukraine cede the Crimea Peninsula to Russia to end the war, estimating that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "can't want everything", reports Agerpres.ro.
Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot occupy the territory of Ukraine. Maybe we'll talk about Crimea. But he has to think about what else he has invaded," said Lula da Silva during a meeting with journalists in Brasilia.
"Even Zelensky cannot want everything," the Brazilian president continued.
Ukraine refuses to negotiate with Moscow without a prior withdrawal of Russian troops from all of its territory, including Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Lula da Silva formulated at the end of January a proposal, with still vague outlines, for mediation in the conflict in Ukraine by a group of countries. The Brazilian president is due to present this project to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing next week.
Lula da Silva's top adviser on international affairs, Celso Amorim, met in Moscow at the end of March with Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is also expected in Brazil on April 17.
