2024-06-14 05:59:00
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived immediately on an unannounced prior go to to Saudi Arabia, reported France Press.
The Saudi state information company SPA reported that Zelensky’s aircraft landed within the Crimson Sea metropolis of Jeddah, the place he was met by representatives of the Saudi authorities, together with the nationwide safety adviser and the nation’s ambassador to Kyiv. No particulars got.
Saudi Arabia is attempting to take care of neutrality within the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, looking for to place itself as a doable mediator between the 2 sides within the battle, notes AFP. On the identical time, the Arab state, which is the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, maintains shut ties with Moscow to coordinate oil technique.
In August, Saudi Arabia hosted talks on the conflict in Ukraine that concerned greater than 40 international locations, however not Russia. Earlier, in Could final yr, Zelensky attended an Arab League summit in Jeddah, accusing some leaders from the area of turning a blind eye to the horrors of the Russian invasion, AFP famous.
Zelensky was final in Saudi Arabia in February this yr, when he mentioned with influential Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a peace plan and doable prisoner of conflict exchanges.
Tomorrow, the Ukrainian president is anticipated in Italy, the place he’ll take part within the G-7 summit. The White Home introduced immediately, quoted by Reuters, that Zelensky and his American colleague Joe Biden will signal a brand new bilateral settlement within the area of safety, writes BTA.