US Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on his first trip to Brazil days after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enraged Israel by comparing its Gaza campaign to the Holocaust. This meeting on Wednesday occurs in the backdrop of the G20 talks in Brazil, with a focus on Ukraine and Gaza. The controversy arose after Lula's remarks, which led to Blinken expressing the US's disagreement with Brazil's characterization of the Gaza conflict as genocide.
BREAKING - Blinken told Lula US ‘disagrees’ with Brazil calling Gaza war genocide: US official https://t.co/p2XfNVdQKi
#US top diplomat Antony Blinken is meeting #Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid a diplomatic spat after the Brazilian leader likened #Israel’s war in #Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two. https://t.co/I0D4R5Jk5m
⚠️ LULA MEETS BLINKEN AFTER GAZA COMMENTS SPARK DIPLOMATIC RIFT (Reuters) U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken was meeting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, amid a diplomatic spat after the Brazilian leader likened Israel's war in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during… https://t.co/1mAhkX7WET
⚡️ Blinken, Lavrov to attend G20 talks in Brazil with focus on Ukraine, Gaza. https://t.co/u2ewchMCwT
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed on his first trip to Brazil, days after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enraged Israel by comparing its Gaza campaign to the Holocaust https://t.co/H8spLWOuee