President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaroquite questionable for not taking a position condemning or defending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stating this Thursday that his country will maintain a position of “balance” because it does not have the “capacity” to finish the war.

“Many have questioned me for not having a firmer position. But Brazil continues to be in a balanced position. We have business with both countries. We don’t have the capacity to solve that problem.”Bolsonaro stated in his weekly live show via social networks.

“Balance is the most reasonable position on the part of the federal government,” stressed the Brazilian president, asserting: “We will do everything for peace. War will not produce any beneficial effects for both countries, much less for the world.”

According to Brazil’s far-right leader, “with any conflict the consequences are there, like skyrocketing oil prices outside (Brazil)”.

“We have to have a lot of responsibility in this matter, because we can’t find a solution to a problem that is more distant for the protagonists than it is for us and us. can bring us bigger problems to our homeland,” he said.

He also mentioned that his government had passed a resolution “similar to the one signed at the end of last year on the Afghanistan issue” to grant, by Brazil, humanitarian visas to Ukrainian refugees.

In his direct speech, Bolsonaro did not quote a phone interview he had this Thursday with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and it was notified by the British Government.

Instead, Bolsonaro accused the Brazilian press of “lying” last Sunday when the president allegedly said during a press conference at the São Paulo resort of Guarujá that he spoke that day for “two hours on the phone” with Russian President Vladimir Putin. .

“Not true and detrimental. What is clear in my interview the word ‘phone’ did not exist and did not last two hours,” he said.