From Blinken told Lula US ‘disagrees’ with Brazil calling Gaza war genocide — official
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shake hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during a meeting at Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil on Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the United States disagrees with controversial remarks by the Brazilian leader comparing Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust, a US official says.
Blinken “made clear we disagree with those comments” in a more than 90-minute meeting with Lula, a senior State Department official tells journalists, saying the pair had a “frank exchange” during the sit-down at the presidential palace in Brasilia.
