Lula says he met Iran’s president at COP31 and urged a peaceful end to the war
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Today Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on X that he met Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of COP31 in Antalya, Turkey. He wrote that they discussed Middle East conflicts, especially the war in Iran, and that Pezeshkian spoke about peace negotiations with the United States, including mediation efforts by Qatar and Pakistan. Recalling Brazil’s role in negotiating the 2010 Tehran Declaration, Lula said he encouraged a peaceful solution to the conflict and defended the right to peaceful civilian nuclear energy. He expressed concern about the war’s impact on global fuel and food prices, defended free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and said bilateral trade was 3 bilhões de dólares in 2025, with Brazil interested in increasing fertilizer imports from Iran. [1]