Posted on 08/05/2023 6:57:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Kyiv seeks support of publicly neutral countries as China sends envoy and Moscow says it will ‘keep an eye’ on meeting.
Talks have started in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ukraine and its allies hope this weekend’s meeting of national security advisers and other senior officials from about 40 countries – but not Russia – will reach agreement on principles of how to end the conflict.
Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office and his main envoy for the talks in Jeddah, said late on Friday in a television interview published on his Telegram account: “I expect that the conversation will be difficult, but behind us is truth, behind us – goodness.”
The forum excludes Russia, but the Kremlin said it would “keep an eye” on the meeting. China said it would send its special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, to the talks.
Li said: “We have many disagreements and we have heard different positions, but it is important that our principles are shared.”
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“Any attempt to promote a peaceful settlement deserves a positive evaluation,” he said.
Seems a tad silly to exclude Russia
Putin’s days are numbered and the rest of the world knows it.
So is Biden’s but that didn’t stop him from having “peace talks” with only half the countries involved in the war
Excluding Russia probably means that force will be exerted against Ukraine. Russia is too scary to threaten.
Neither side can stop until they are unable to continue. Then the political leader of the perceived loser is finished as he will absorb all the anger. The newly appointed leader of Germany, who was appointed specifically to take the blame for surrender was assassinated.
Like excluding Hitler at Yalta, what is being discussed is how Russia is butchered and split apart. The Saudis would like to see their rivals set back 50 years on oil production and lock in the EU as a customer. China and Russia are failing powers, looking forward might be premature, but not diplomatically unwarranted. It does put some motivation for russia to call for negotiated ending that will not come from the EU/NATO powers.
The Ukrainians would go for 2014 boarders with NATO membership and UN in Crimea if pushed by the EU/NATO powers. EU is salivating at the profits of rebuilding the brutalism rows of buildings of Ukraine. The EU/NATO powers see this as the opportunity to clear russia of soviet surplus at price lower than a middle east war. It cannot be understated a ton of the technical workforce of the world comes from ukraine...they are the engineering center of the low end of the world wide contracting force.
Actually, I think Biden is well aware of what he is doing.
Too bad you cheerleaders are so clueless.
Or perhaps I am clueless as to what you cheerleaders really do want to do to my country.
Either way you are assisting in the destruction of this nation. I hope you are so proud.
Not only that, you have assisted in the destruction of Ukraine, and the deaths of many Ukrainian male youth., which means generations of destruction to the Slavic peoples.
Funny how you blame everyone except Putin.
I’m holding a summit on how to get to get Kate Upton to sleep with me. But of course, I can’t include Kate in the summit.
Comical… State department thinks the global south will join up and pressure Russia suddenly and then all turn on China, and China is a party to the conference.
Clowns
The USA is at the talks. So is Poland and other EU countries.
They might not like Russia but i doubt they trust America enough to go along with any of their peace plans since they must know they are up next on the chopping block after we dispose Putin and install a puppet regime
Russia doesn’t have any real countries as allies. And you can’t say that Iran, North Korea, Syria and Belarus are real countries because they’re crapholes and dictatorships. Heck, even Africa won’t let Putin visit.
Also, that you have such an ignorant knowledge of the history of that region as well.
Weren’t you the one who posted dozens of times thT Putin is dying of cancer or was that another Zeeper nut job?
Everyone's days are numbered and the rest of the world knows it.
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