President Lula will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, this Wednesday (20). The meeting will take place at the hotel where the Brazilian leader is staying.
Lula is in New York, USA, on the occasion of the UN General Assembly. The Brazilian government offered two options of dates to the Ukrainian leader, who confirmed his participation.
The confirmation comes after a rumored disagreement between the leaders during the G7 summit in Hiroshima (Japan), in May, an event in which both participated as guests.
The Brazilian government stated that it had offered Zelenski three options of schedule at the time and that he "simply did not show up."
Later, in an interview in Kyiv with Folha and other Latin American vehicles, the Ukrainian president gave a different version, saying that his team was not to blame for the episode.
During the conversation, he also criticized Lula for the lack of support for the creation of a special international court to judge crimes of aggression in the war with Russia.
Translated by Cassy Dias