Brazil's Lula calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to change behaviour


Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Not Pictured) attend a press conference during the summit between Spain and Brazil in Barcelona, Spain, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

BARCELONA, April ⁠18 (Reuters) - The five ⁠permanent members of ‌the United Nations' Security Council should agree to change ​their behaviour after ⁠failing to ⁠stop the war in Iran, ⁠Brazilian ‌President Luiz Inacio Lula ⁠da Silva told a ​progressive ‌leaders' summit in Barcelona ⁠on ​Saturday.

"We cannot wake up every morning and ⁠go to bed ​every night with a tweet from a president ⁠threatening the world and declaring wars," Lula added in apparent ​reference to ⁠U.S. President Donald Trump ​without explicitly ‌naming him.

(Reporting by ​David Latona; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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