Lula to the US: stop encouraging war" in Ukraine

BEIJING-The United States must stop "encouraging war" in Ukraine and "start talking about peace". This is what Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said during his state visit to Beijing. Quoted by Ansa. "The United States must stop encouraging war and start talking about peace, the European Union must start talking about peace," Lula told reporters before leaving for the UAE. Yesterday, in the bilateral held in the Great Hall of the People, Lula and Chinese President Xi Jinping "agreed that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way out to resolve the Ukrainian crisis", according to the Beijing state media report . Furthermore, the two leaders believed that "all efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully should be encouraged and supported". For this reason, Lula and Xi "have invited more countries to play a constructive role in promoting the political solution to the crisis and have decided", at the same time, "to keep their communications open on the merits" of the matter.