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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Flavia Marreiro and Brad Haynes

Lula aide backs Argentina for BRICS, eyes role in Ukraine peace talks

Brazil's former Foreign and Defense Minister Celso Amorim poses during an interview with Reuters in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carla Carniel

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's top foreign policy adviser supports the inclusion of Argentina in the BRICS group of developing nations, which could be a forum for negotiating peace in Ukraine, he told Reuters.

Celso Amorim, foreign minister during Lula's 2003-2010 presidency, had a hand in founding the BRICS group along with Russia, India and China. South Africa joined in 2011 and Argentina has been pushing to become the sixth member.

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