Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a stopover in Moscow on his way from Beijing in Brasilia did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was stated at the Brazilian Embassy in Moscow.
So the diplomatic mission answered the corresponding question of RIA Novosti.
"No," the source said.
According to Flightradar, the board of the Brazilian Air Force, on which Lula da Silva could have been, took off from Moscow at 16.53, the Brazilian president, thus, did not stay in the Russian capital for three hours.
Later it was reported that Putin spoke with the Brazilian president by phone during a technical stop in Moscow.
Recall, Lula da Silva was on a state visit to China from May 10 to May 14. Earlier it was reported that he promised to meet with Vladimir Putin and persuade him to take part in the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul on May 15.
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