Brazil will not participate in the inter economic forum. in St. Petersburg

Brazil will not participate in the International Economic Forum organized by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, between June 14 and 17 in St. Petersburg. This was announced by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a tweet after a telephone conversation with the Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Nova News reports it.

“I just got off the phone with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. I thanked him for the invitation to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, but I replied that at the moment I cannot go to Russia. However, I reiterated Brazil's readiness, together with India, Indonesia and China, to dialogue with both parties to the conflict in search of peace ”in Ukraine, he wrote. Lula had been invited to the Forum by Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov during his state visit to Brazil on April 18.