Brazil is wrong to argue US encouraging Ukraine war, White House says
Brazil is wrong to argue that the United States is encouraging the Ukraine war and its tone is not one of neutrality, the White House said today.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rejected comments from Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has accused the US and the European Union of prolonging the conflict by supplying arms to the Ukrainians.
She said US officials were "struck by the tone" of Lula's comments, adding: "Of course we want this war to end."
"The tone was not neutral and it is not true and we will continue to speak out about that," she said.
Lula has just come back from a trip to China and the United Arab Emirates, during which he stirred controversy in the West by accusing the US of "encouraging the war" in Ukraine.
He also said the US and Europe "need to start talking about peace," and that Kyiv shares the blame for the conflict.
Earlier today, Ukraine invited the Brazilian president to visit the war-torn country and see for himself the consequences of the Russian invasion, while criticising his efforts to broker peace talks.
It prompted Lula's administration to condemn the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and again defended efforts to end the conflict, before insisting that a group of nations needs to come together to help broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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Mzee Lula amejitahidi kukosoa huu uvamizi japo kinyonge asije kumuudhi Putin.
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