Ukraine has confirmed the start of talks in Saudi Arabia in August, with the intervention of international representatives, which Kiev says are aimed at restoring a “just peace” according to the Ukrainian formula.
“Ukraine’s peace formula contains 10 fundamental points that, in addition to guaranteeing peace for Ukraine, will create mechanisms to counter future conflicts,” said the spokesman for the presidential office, Andriy Yermak, according to the Ukrinform portal. President Volodimir Zelensky’s spokesman was convinced that “the Ukrainian peace plan should be taken as a basis” to add that “we try to take into account opinions and positions that do not contradict the UN Charter.”
For kyiv, this formula contemplates the withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper advanced on Saturday that Saudi Arabia planned to host peace talks on Ukraine between Kiev, Western countries and developing world powers such as Brazil and India in early August, but without Russia.
The meeting is scheduled for August 5 and 6 and, according to newspaper sources, it will bring together senior officials from up to 30 countries in the city of Jeddah.
According to Western diplomats quoted by the newspaper, the hope is that these talks could culminate in a peace summit this year, in which international leaders would endorse common principles to resolve the war in Ukraine, which, in turn, could serve as a basis for for more Ukrainian-friendly negotiations between Kiev and Moscow
According to the WSJ, the Jeddah meeting would follow up on another held in June in Copenhagen between representatives of Ukraine, the United States, European countries, Brazil, India, Turkey and South Africa and of which hardly any information was released.
The choice of the Arab country for this meeting would seek, according to Western diplomats, to favor the possible participation of China, which maintains good relations with Moscow, but also with Riyadh.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
