US trying to prevent Brazilian president visiting Russia – media — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

The US has been placing strain on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to cancel his upcoming journey to Moscow in an try to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin on the world stage, amid escalating tensions on the border with Ukraine.

That’s in response to Brazilian broadsheet Folha de São Paulo, citing sources within the overseas ministry in Brasilia who say that American diplomats have expressed concern concerning the timing of Bolsonaro’s journey to Moscow, supposedly fearing that it sends a message to Russia that Brazil helps the Kremlin’s stance on Jap Europe. Strain to cancel the journey was reportedly exerted by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday throughout a telephone dialog with Carlos França, Brazil’s Minister of International Affairs.

Washington’s concern comes as Moscow stands accused of inserting greater than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, with some alleging it’s planning an assault. This declare has repeatedly been denied by the Kremlin, and it has additionally been performed down by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Whereas a lot of the Western world is growing a doable sanctions regime in an try at deterrence, the US believes Bolsonaro’s go to might destroy the picture that Putin is remoted.

In accordance with the newspaper, related concern was expressed to Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who is because of go to Russia this week.

Washington’s makes an attempt to persuade Brazil to place a pause on Bolsonaro’s go to appears to have been in useless, nevertheless. On Monday, the president himself confirmed that he could be visiting Moscow, but additionally famous that he wouldn’t be citing the state of affairs with Ukraine, noting that the go to is nearly Russian-Brazilian relations.

On Monday, at a gathering of the UN Safety Council, Brazilian Ambassador Ronaldo Costa Filho known as on Russia and Ukraine to train most restraint and to have interaction constructively in talks geared toward resolving their variations, and inspired Moscow and Kiev to implement the Minsk agreements.