HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan fell through because Zelenskiy was late.
“I had an interview, a bilateral one with Ukraine here in this room at 3:15 p.m. We waited and received the information that he was late,” Lula said.
Zelenskiy “did not show up … Clearly he had appointments and he couldn’t come,” Lula said.
Zelenskiy had earlier played down the fact he did not meet with Lula.
(Reporting by Ekaterina Golubkova and Anthony Boadle; Editing by Gabriel Stargardter and Tom Hogue)
