Saudi Arabia: Any peace agreement without Russia’s participation is meaningless.
According to Russia Today, Saudi Foreign Minister “Faisal bin Farhan” stressed at the “Ukraine Peace Meeting” in Switzerland that Russia’s participation in any meaningful negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is very important and vital.
He also said that Saudi Arabia “supports all efforts to reach an agreement to end the war between Moscow and Kiev and to establish peace, security and lasting peace.”
The Saudi Foreign Minister further added that any meaningful progress in peace negotiations requires compromise between the parties. He also emphasized that Russia’s participation in any credible peace process is essential.
Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the Ukraine peace meeting in Switzerland that any agreement to end tensions with Russia should not be based on Russia’s conditions.
Macron, however, wants the participation of more countries in the process of trying to end the conflicts with Russia, however, Moscow was not invited to the meeting in Switzerland and the Kremlin also argues that this meeting and peace talks are meaningless.
The French President continued to claim: “We are all committed to creating lasting peace.” “Such a peace cannot include the surrender of Ukraine, here there is an aggressor and a victim.” He added that any agreement to end the conflict must restore Ukraine’s sovereignty and respect “international law.”
Yesterday, Bloomberg news agency, in a report referring to the so-called peace conference in Ukraine, which is currently being held by Switzerland, wrote that this summit is in danger of failing and ending without reaching a solution to the war in Ukraine.
This news agency has emphasized that the efforts of this summit to find a way for a “just peace” are probably fruitless. Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the president of Ukraine, has pledged to work to expand international support, but “the absence of China in this two-day summit and the presence of lower-level diplomats from the BRICS countries have cast doubt on Kiev’s efforts to gain support from the global south.” »
Bloomberg continued: More than 90 countries have sent their diplomatic delegations to this summit, but the list of participants shows that efforts to garner maximum support among leaders is an extremely difficult task.
Today and tomorrow, Switzerland is hosting the Ukraine Peace Summit in the resort area of ​​Burgenstock. Bern has invited more than 160 diplomatic delegations, including G7, G20 and BRICS countries, to this summit. However, the organizers announced on the eve of the summit that not all of these countries will send diplomatic delegations, and that 90 countries will attend, plus the autonomous region of Kosovo in Serbia, along with eight international organizations. According to the list, 55 countries have sent their respective heads of state or government, and the number of western countries is far more than others in this regard, and as a result, there is not much hope for balanced negotiation and consultation.
Russia is not among the guests. Most of the countries that are members of the United Nations have not sent a delegation. For example, China is not on the list of participants, and Brazil is merely an observer. The Republic of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Egypt, Iran, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Syria, Ethiopia and many other countries are not willing to participate!
Three issues including humanitarian, nuclear and food security issues are supposed to be discussed in this conference. Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized yesterday that it is impossible to achieve a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine without Russia’s participation and frank dialogue.