Published 28/04/2025 16:04 | Edited 28/04/2025 17:23
Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira defended on Monday (28) at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, at the BRICS Chancelers Meeting, the “total removal” of the Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the liberation of all hostages and detained and the guarantee of humanitarian assistance entry into the region.
At the meeting, which is part of BRICS’s Brazilian presidency agenda, the Brazilian chancellor pointed out that the group is strengthened with its expansion to respond to global challenges.
“With eleven Member States representing almost half of humanity and a wide geographical and cultural diversity, BRICS is in a unique position to promote peace and stability based on dialogue, development and multilateral cooperation,” said the Brazilian chancellor at the meeting that takes place until Tuesday (29).
In the case of the Gaza Strip, he said the situation is devastating in the occupied Palestinian territories that remains a source of deep concern.
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“The resumption of Israeli bombings in Gaza and the continuous obstruction of humanitarian aid are unacceptable,” said the minister.
According to him, the collapse of the ceasefire announced on January 15 is deplorable. “We install the parties to fully comply with the terms of the agreement and to engage in good faith in favor of a permanent cessation of hostilities,” he said.
The chancellor also said that a fair and lasting solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine can only be achieved by peaceful means and under international law.
“We remain firm in our commitment to the solution of two states, with an independent and viable state of Palestine, within the borders of 1967 and East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel, in peace and security,” he said.
Vieira said the meeting in Brazil happens at a time when Brics is more vital than ever. “We face global and regional crises, with humanitarian emergencies, armed conflicts, political instability and the erosion of multilateralism,” he recalled.
For him, crises challenge the very foundations of international peace and security and require a renewed commitment to collective action.
“We can’t talk about BRICS’s role in advancing peace and security without addressing urgent crises that remain alive worldwide,” he argued.
Ukraine
In the case of Ukraine, the chancellor says the conflict continues to have a heavy humanitarian impact, which demonstrates the urgent need for a diplomatic solution that defends the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter.
“Last September, Brazil and China hosted in New York a high level meeting of the Global Southern countries on Ukraine conflict, which led to the creation of the ‘Peace Friends Group’, bringing together Global Southern countries. We remain committed to continuing to work for peace and a political solution to conflict,” he recalled.
Another situation raised by the Brazilian was in Haiti, where the deterioration of the security, humanitarian and economic situation requires immediate action by BRICS.
“We must support the Haitian authorities and the Haitian people in their efforts to restore public order, dismantle armed gangs and establish the conditions for lasting social and economic development,” he said.
Regarding Africa, Minitro said Brazil is “deeply concerned about the climbing tensions in Sudan, the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa.”
“We fully support the efforts of the African Union and African regional organizations, the United Nations and other institutions and countries in search of political and diplomatic solutions for these crises,” he said.
Vieira says BRICS should continue to defend a neutral, depolitic and genuinely universal global humanitarian system.
“The path to peace is neither easy nor linear. But BRICS can and should be a force for good, not as a confrontation block, but as a coalition of cooperation. We must lead by example, reaffirming our belief in a multipolar world where security is not a privilege of a few, but a right of all,” he proposed.
Source: vermelho.org.br
