Refer to the news network on February 22According to Agence France-Presse on February 21**, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Brazil on the 20th to begin his first visit to the South American country during his tenure.
Blinken will begin his visit in Brasilia before traveling to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, before stopping in Argentina to meet with the country's new Javier Milley.
The top US diplomat's belated first trip to a Latin American power was seen as an opportunity to build relations with two key leaders, the report said. He had previously made a comprehensive visit to the Middle East, but the turmoil that swept the region unexpectedly followed him.
Lula said in Ethiopia over the weekend that what was happening in the Gaza Strip was "genocide" and his remarks angered Israel. Commenting on Lula's remarks, Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the United States, said, "Obviously we don't agree with that."
The report pointed out that Blinken's meeting with Lula could be awkward after hopes of a new beginning in U.S.-Pakistan relations emerged. This is Blinken's first visit to Brazil as secretary of state, and it comes more than three years after he took office. It is extraordinary to wait so long to visit the second most populous country in the Western Hemisphere.
Lula, who served as Brazil** from 2003 to 2010, traveled to Washington to meet with US ** Biden after returning to power early last year.
Lula's position on the Ukrainian issue has already shown his differences with the United States in the international arena. He accused Ukraine and its Western supporters of being partly responsible for the war and that Russia alone should be held responsible.
According to reports, the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Brazil will also feature a rare scene of Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the same room since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. At the G20 foreign ministers' meeting held in March last year, the two held their only face-to-face meeting since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but it was short-lived.
Whether the two will meet in Rio has not yet been announced, and Washington is about to take more punitive measures against Russia, as Russia's Putin's number one opponent, Navalny, died in prison in recent days.
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