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Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned Thursday that a new Cold War could put the survival of humanity at risk, calling for a peaceful solution in Ukraine.
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“The great powers need to understand that we do not want to be anyone’s enemy,” Lula, who leads in the polls ahead of October presidential elections, told lawmakers during a visit to Mexico.
“We are not interested… in a new Cold War involving the United States, China or Russia, dragging the entire planet into a conflict that could put humanity’s very survival at risk,” he added.
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Lula, who was invited to address Congress and also met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said the conflict in Ukraine must be resolved through negotiation.
“It is unacceptable for a country to feel that it has the right to install military bases around another country. It is unacceptable for a country to react by invading another. Wars do not lead to anything. They lead only to death, destruction, misery and hunger,” he said.
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