Meetings begin to end the conflict in Ukraine. Photo: AFP.
Denmark will host this Saturday a secret meeting organized by Ukraine to discuss with several countries, including some that remain neutral in the face of the Russian invasion, the prospects for a lasting peace in the conflict between the two former Soviet republics.*100002 *
Although very few details about the conclave were leaked and Danish diplomacy is completely silent about it, a Western official slipped that the meeting would be attended by the National Security Adviser of the US Presidency, Jake Sullivan.*100004 *
The means to achieve a just and lasting peace will be discussed at the meeting, the source told the AFP news agency.
The European Union (EU) will also send senior officials to help Ukraine to win the support of countries that have avoided taking sides since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a senior European diplomatic source told reporters.
We have worked very hard in the G7 ( of the most advanced economies in the world) in a formula for peace and now the objective is (…) to involve key players such as Brazil and India, he indicated.
Jake Sullivan would participate in the meetings, while Lula would send a representative. Photo: AFP.
We sincerely hope and hope that China will also be present, he added.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, visiting Paris, confirmed that his country is represented at the meeting by Celso Amorim, his foreign policy adviser.
Right now, Minister Celso Amorim is in Copenhagen for a meeting of several countries to try to establish discussions on peace, Lula said.
The director general The South African Foreign Minister, Zane Dangor, will also be present, said Clayson Monyela, spokesman for the South African Foreign Ministry. , a NATO member country that maintains good relations with the Kremlin.
India, Brazil and South Africa, which are part of the Brics bloc along with China and Russia, have ignored the sanctions imposed by Western powers against Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.
The talks were conceived with a view to a summit on Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky’s peace plan and should not lead to any official statement, the sources said.
