HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden goals to talk this weekend with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Ukraine and the “sacrosanct” difficulty of sovereignty and territorial integrity, U.S. nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan stated on Saturday.

Lula and Modi are attending a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations in Hiroshima on the invitation of Japan, this yr’s host of the G7, which additionally contains the U.S., Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada.

Asked if Biden would strain or urge the 2 leaders to toughen their method on China and Russia, Sullivan stated, “I think pressure is just the wrong word. I mean, that’s not how President Biden operates with these key leaders with whom he has deep relationships, like President Lula and President Modi.”

Instead, Biden would “look for the opportunity to speak with both of them about the constructive role that each country can play in supporting the most basic and fundamental element of any outcome, which is sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is sacrosanct in the (United Nations) Charter,” Sullivan advised reporters in Hiroshima.

Brazil and India have for years sought to play bridge-building roles between the United States and Russia and China, and each international locations have maintained financial and political relations with Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, irritating Western efforts to isolate Moscow.

Lula final month angered many within the West by calling for the U.S. and European allies to cease supplying arms to Ukraine, saying they have been prolonging the struggle. A White House spokesperson responded by accusing him of “parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda”.

After the backlash, the Brazilian chief toned down his feedback, and on a go to to Portugal and Spain he condemned Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

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Sullivan famous that Brazil has supported a number of key U.N. resolutions primarily based on the underlying idea of territorial integrity, including, “That’s really where the president wants to drive things with the key emerging economies who will be here.”

Other points Biden needs to debate embody a G7 push to construct extra resilient provide chains and bolster infrastructure investments in growing international locations, in addition to easy methods to take care of their large debt burdens, Sullivan stated.

Biden is slated to see Modi as a part of a 3rd Quad summit, together with the leaders of Australia and Japan on the sidelines of the G7 summit. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason; Writing by Andrea Shalal and William Mallard)