Washington has harshly criticized Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who accused the United States of encouraging the war in Ukraine.
Lula da Silva's comments came after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In February, China published a peace plan that does not explicitly call on russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
The White House said the Brazilian leader was "playing along with russian and Chinese propaganda."
John Kirby, the White House national security spokesman, said Lula's comments were "simply wrong."
Kirby saw the Brazilian president's words as an accusation that the United States and Europe are not interested in peace and that they are to blame for the continuation of russia's war against Ukraine.
In response, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said: "I don't know how or why he came to this conclusion, but I don't agree at all."
The day before, Vieira met with his russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
Mauro Vieira told reporters after the meeting that he reaffirmed Brazil's intention to form a group of countries for "peace talks" on Ukraine and reiterated that Brazil favors a ceasefire and opposes unilateral sanctions.
Brazil did not join the Western sanctions imposed on russia and refused to supply Ukraine with ammunition.
Background. To recap, Brazil's president said that Ukraine should give Crimea to russia to end the war. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to this statement.