kyiv.- Ukraine today confirmed the start of talks in Saudi Arabia, with the intervention of international representatives, which according to kyiv are aimed at reestablishing a «just peace» according to the Ukrainian formula.
“Ukraine’s peace formula contains ten fundamental points, which, 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 is convinced that “the Ukrainian peace plan should be taken as a basis”, adding 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 newspaper “The Wall Street Journal(WSJ) advanced Saturday that Saudi Arabia was scheduled to host peace talks on Ukraine between Kiev, Western countries and developing world powers such as Brazil and India, but without Russia, in early August.
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 negotiations between Kiev and Moscow that are more favorable to the Ukrainians.
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, Türkiye and South Africa and of which hardly any information was disclosed.
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.
