Macron called on Brazil and China to assist in putting pressure on Russia

On June 5, French President Emmanuel Macron called on Brazil and China to put pressure on Russia to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. He made this statement on June 5 at a joint press conference with Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

"Now all of us — Europeans, Americans, Chinese, Brazilians and Indians — need to do everything to encourage Russia to end the conflict," he said during the event, which was broadcast on the page of the Elysee Palace on the social network X (former. Twitter).

According to Macron, in May he had already appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping with a request to make diplomatic efforts to put pressure on Moscow. The politician stressed that Brazil can also play a significant role in the peace process, pointing out the importance of their initiative to resolve the conflict.

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On May 25, the head of the European Union (EU) diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, called on Western countries to exert "the strongest pressure" on Russia to allegedly end the conflict in Ukraine. According to her, such measures should be introduced so that "the Russian Federation does not destroy Ukraine."