Ukraine and Russia are ready to listen to the peace proposal of African countries | Within the framework of a diplomatic mission to be held in June

2023-05-18 05:01:00

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyand the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, They indicated that they are willing to listen to the peace proposals formulated by the representatives of the diplomatic mission headed by six African countries, which will take place in early June..

“Volodimir Zelensky celebrates this peace initiative and is prepared to receive these distinguished visitors in Ukraine, to listen to their proposals and invite them to join in putting them into practice,” he confirmed to the newspaper. Ukrainska Pravda the spokesman of the Ukrainian presidential office.

For his part, the Russian Foreign Minister indicated at a press conference: “We have the peace initiatives of Brazil and that of the President of South Africa. In both cases we responded to the calls of the parts of our Latin American and African friends who are willing to study your proposals.

The initiative was announced on Tuesday by the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosawho explained that over the weekend he will present the peace mission of African leaders to Vladimir Putin and to Volodimir Zelensky via separate phone calls. The delegation will be made up of Ramaphosa and the presidents, Zambia, Senegal, Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Egypt.