Saudi Arabia to host talks on Ukraine with a large Global South presence and no Russia at the table

2023-07-31 18:20:15

The war front a Ukraine she has barely moved in the last few months, but yes she has international diplomacyincreasingly involved in the search for one minimum framework which serves to eventually promote one peace negotiation to stop the war in the Slavic country. Saudi Arabia will host at the end of this week one round of talks what have they been to guests from thirty countriesboth from the Western bloc and from the so-called Sud Global, as ‘The Wall Street Journal’ advanced on Sunday. The summit, scheduled for August 5 and 6 in the port city of Jeddahhas been confirmed by the Ukrainian presidency, which aspires that the neutral countries of the south accept their parameters as a starting point for future negotiations with Moscow. The Russian representatives, however, have not been invited to participate in the meeting.

Both this war and the diplomatic initiatives surrounding it are showing that the world has changed. The multipolaritat seems to be here to stay. As has been demonstrated with the sanctions against Russiathe West is no longer able to impose its rules on the rest of the world, and the position of the emerging powers has become a major factor in the conflict. The two sides not only look to conquer them, but the Global South itself, which is paying consequences such as the breaking the grain agreementhas taken an unusually proactive stance.

Last week Vladimir Putin he received in St. Petersburg dozens of African leaders which, according to the Kremlin spokeswoman, would have proposed close to 30 diplomatic initiatives to defuse the conflict of Ukraine Also the china presented his own months ago. Türkiye has not stopped mediating, while theSaudi Arabia would have helped forge agreements for the exchange of prisonersas well as for the return to Ukraine of some of the thousands of children forcibly deported to Russia by the occupying authorities.

Kyiv peace formula

And now comes this summit in Jidda, to which they have been invited national security advisers from about 30 countries, from South AfricaIndonesia, Chile and Zambia in the USAel Regne Unit, poland and China. The apparent purpose of the meeting is for Kyiv to explain and gain followers for the “pau formula» presented some time ago by its leaders. The 10 points of the proposal claim the withdrawal of Russian troops of Ukraine, the recovery of his territorial integrity and the creation of a special court to try war crimes committed in the country since the beginning of the Russian invasion. A compendium of prerequisites for Kyiv to sit down to negotiate a peace agreement with Moscow.

“We are fully convinced that the Ukrainian peace plan it should be accepted as a basis because the war is being waged on our territory”, said the Ukrainian presidential adviser, Andrii Yermak, regarding the meeting in Jidda. “At the same time, we want to take into account the opinions and positions of all interested partiesas long as they do not contradict the basic principles of international law and the UN Charter”.

Global summit at the end of the year

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According to the adviser of Volodímir Zelenskithe Jidda meeting will serve as a follow-up to the Copenhagen at the end of June, in which representatives of several Western and emerging countries also participated. And, if all goes well, the process should lead to one global summit at the end of the year to express support for the Ukrainian “peace formula”.

The problem is that their requirements clash head-on with those Russian demandswhich not only claims the Crimea illegally annexed in 2014, but the four regions it now partially occupies and which were also “annexed” in September after holding referendums there at gunpoint. “I don’t think there is any chance at the moment for a so-called truce government of the fascists in Kyiv», the Russian diplomat told the Saudi weekly ‘Arab News’, Andrey Baklanov, who was ambassador to the kingdom of Saud. “I am convinced that the only option we have is annihilate the regime in Ukraine and return the country to normal”.