The lula of Brazil pleads at the Kremlin for a reinforcement of the “Strategic Partnership” with Russia

Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula Da Silva pleaded on Friday for a reinforcement of the “Strategic Partnership” between his country and Russia, where he was received by the counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin after attending the 80th anniversary of the ally victory over Nazi Germany, writes Agerpres.

“My visit here aims to strengthen and rebuild our strategic partnership with more vigor,” Lula told his Russian counterpart, before the press, before the bilateral negotiations.

“We want to discuss the fields of defense, space, science and technology, education and, especially, energy,” said the Brazilian president.

“We have the chance at this historical moment to increase commercial relations a lot,” said Lula, mentioning the interest of cooperating with Russia when building plants with small nuclear reactors.

For his part, Putin gave assurances that Russia and Brazil have been able to achieve a lot in recent years to strengthen their relationships.

“Opportunity” to discuss also Ukraine

On the same occasion, Lula reiterated her criticism of the economic policies of US President Donald Trump, in full commercial war launched by Washington.

According to the Brazilian leader, the customs tariffs recently imposed by the US “unilaterally undermine the great idea of ​​free exchange”, as well as that of a “reinforcement of multilateralism”.

Prior to the Kremlin meeting, a high Brazilian diplomatic responsible said that this will be “a discussion opportunity” about the conflict in Ukraine, following the futile attempts of Brasil and Beijing to play the role of mediators.

After Moscow, Lula will take a visit to China, between 11 and 13 May.

Brazil, China and Russia are founding members of the BRICS group of major emerging economies, along with India and South Africa, with the five recently joining Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Iran.