Brazil’s Lula says US warships in Caribbean are a source of ‘tension’
President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva The United States criticized the deployment of the Navy to the Caribbean and was called a source of coercion that could weaken peace in the region.
On Monday, the South American leader expressed concerns about the concentration of US forces, which were seen as a possible start by some of them. Venezuelan.
Lula, during the opening of a virtual BRICS summit, “the existence of the armed forces in the Caribbean Sea is a tension factor,” he said.
The United States said that military forces were in the region to resist drug trafficking. However, the deployment was matched with threats against the US President of the Venezuelan Government of the United States. Nicolas MaduroUS President Donald Trump’s administration is accused of being closely linked to drug trafficking groups.
The Trump administration did not provide any evidence for these claims, and used uncertain connection with drug trafficking or criminal groups to justify extraordinary measures both at home and abroad.
Last week, the United States carried out an unprecedented fatal attack to what Trump said was a boat carrying drugs from Venezuela. Analysts, your judicial strike that killed 11 people Probably illegalHowever, US officials promised to carry out more attacks in the region.
Maduro said that the deployment was part of the effort to dismiss the government and called on military and civilians to prepare for a possible attack.
BRICS MEETING
Since Trump has taken aggressive steps to advance their priorities such as trade, migration and drug smuggling, some countries are trying to support ties with forces like China.
The President of the Chinese, who was handled to the Virtual BRICS conference through video calls on Monday Xi Jinping According to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, he called for more cooperation in fields such as technology, finance and trade.
“The closer the BRICS countries cooperate, the more confidence, options and effective results will be in dealing with external risks and challenges,” he said.
Authorities from India – a country like Brazil and China, which has become a serious goal of Trump administration Tariff Policies – More cooperation was also called.
“The world requires constructive and collaborative approaches to encourage sustainable trade,” he said in the comments published by the Indian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. “Increasing obstacles and complex transactions will not help. Trade measures will not be connected to non -trade issues.”
Virtual conference came One week from leaders China, Russia, India and other Eurasian countries gathered in Tianjin, China, where they present a new vision of an international order in the event of expanding the increases between common countries and the United States.
