Brazil for Middle East Peace

Brazil: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva assured that both Israelis and Palestinians can count on Brazil to build a lasting peace in the Middle East. During the signing of co-operation accords between Brazil and Israel Lula said that "both Israelis and Palestinians can count on Brazil to build a peace whose positive impact will trascend the frontiers of the Middle East, extending to all humankind."

We know there is a high price to pay for a lasting reconciliation, said the Brazilian executive, but stressed that Israelis and Palestinians have really nothing to fear from the sacrifices of peace, he said.

When posed a question on the friendship of Brazil both with Israel and Iran, Lula answered that necessary peace was not built if you don't talk to both political and religious forces who want peace and those who oppose it. If the aforesaid is not done, said Lula, the negotiating process turns into a club of friends in which all agree to one thing, and those in disaccord are out, so peace won't ever be possible. "Peace in the Middle East is a hope for all.

The speakers are identified, the difficulties are known and solutions exist. However, peace and reconciliation can only be reached through dialogue and negotiation," he affirmed. Lula said that today there is more to talk, "we need to find more speakers who want to help to build peace in the Middle East."

"We do not have a veto to talk with whoever, so long from that conversation we extract a word or even a comma that can contribute to, definitively, construct a lasting peace", stressed the Brazilian President.

rasilia, Prensa Latina