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Brazil’s Lula Heads to China With a Ukraine Peace Proposal That’s Effectively Dead on Arrival

by Eric Olander
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke with the press at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on April 6, 2023. EVARISTO SA / AFP

Brazilian President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva had hoped to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday with a plan to present to Chinese President Xi Jinping that would end the conflict in Ukraine.

Lula dispatched a special envoy to Kyiv last week to present the idea of ceding Crimea to Russia in exchange for a settlement. But that was a non-starter with the Ukrainians, who politely dismissed the proposition on Friday:

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