Selenskyj promotes peace summit in Switzerland in Southeast Asia
Published: Sunday, Jun 2nd 2024, 00:40
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At the Security Forum in Singapore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi called for the participation of South-East Asian states in the peace summit in Switzerland. He had met with the incoming President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, as well as with the head of state of East Timor, José Ramos-Horta, to discuss participation in the peace conference, Selensky announced on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
Selenskyj thanked Ramos-Horta for his promise to personally attend the summit on June 15/16. He also hoped for Indonesia's participation at the highest level, he wrote. A meeting with Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam is also planned.
Zelenskyi's trip, who is also due to give a speech at the security forum, is primarily intended to mobilize support for Ukraine in South-East Asia. The country, which has been hit by a Russian war of aggression for more than two years, is hoping that as many countries as possible from around the world will take part in the peace conference in Switzerland. In this way, Kiev hopes to increase the pressure on Russia in order to force Moscow to make concessions.
Russia itself has not been invited to the conference, but has also indicated that it will not attend even if invited. Moscow is focusing on keeping the event small and keeping important partners such as China away from the conference.
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