7 minutes agoZelensky says 100 countries to participate in Swiss peace summit
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(2 years ago)Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, met with foreign leaders in Singapore on Sunday, on the eve of the annual Shanghai security summit. - La Dialogue, where he sought international support before the peace conference to be held in Switzerland this month. Zelensky said more than 100 countries and organisations have pledged they would [...]
Zelensky said that more than 100 countries and organisations have pledged they will participate in the peace meeting in Switzerland on 15-16 June.
Russia has not participated in the Singapore event since it began its entire invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while China has said it will not participate.
Zelensky and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov met in Singapore for more than an hour with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, following the United States decision this week to allow Kiev to hit the targets within Russia in a limited way.
A Pentagon official said that the Austin of “reaffirmed US commitment to strong support” for Ukraine and that both sides pledged “to reinforce strategic partnership in defence”.
Ukrainian president also met with Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who had proposed at the same summit last year an Indonesian plan to end the war in Ukraine.
It's important for us to start establishing right peace. Russia does not want to end the war. Therefore, we must work together with the whole world to bring peace closer to us”, Zelensky said.
Recently, Zelensky said he does not trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, following reports that the European Union is considering organising peace talks with Russia.
Ukrainian president said his country had held about 200 rounds of talks with the Kremlin long before Russia began its full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which had produced no fruit.
China, which has said it wants peace in Ukraine but has strengthened relations with Moscow since the invasion began, has said it will not participate in the Swiss summit. / REL
