Lavrov's Brazil visit highlights Lula's neutral foreign policy despite US dismay

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Russia's minister of foreign affairs, Sergei Lavrov, is due to arrive in Brasà­lia on Monday for talks with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, in the latest of a series of bilateral encounters likely to ruffle the US. Lavrov arrives just as Brazil's president, Luiz Inà¡cio Lula da Silva, returns from a state visit to China, and both missions are part of a diplomatic reset Lula has pursued since returning to power this year, as he strives to recover Brazil's international reputation after his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, dismantled Brazil's established tradition of cooperation. For Brazil, that means rebuilding and maintaining ties…

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