/ world today news/ On the eve of the forum in Davos in Switzerland, Zelensky’s so-called peace formula will be discussed again, according to which Kiev expects to return territories and receive security guarantees from the international community. Meanwhile, even Western partners doubt the realism of this formula and the adequacy of the Ukrainian president himself.
Swiss Peace
The notorious “peace formula” presupposes, above all, the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine with the complete withdrawal of Russian troops. There are quite a few common points (ten in total) such as “restoring justice” and “preventing ecocide”. Therefore, in Kiev, they dream of making it global – as a ready-made solution for resolving any conflicts. This was said by the head of the presidential office, Andrey Yermak.
And of course, the regime in Kiev does want international security guarantees. But even the West is in no hurry to do this.
The next forum in Davos will be held from January 15 to 19. More than a hundred countries are invited. Russia is not involved.
According to Bloomberg, Washington expects Zelensky to present a “clearer plan for war” rather than peace on the 14th. In particular, this topic should be raised by the US President’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. The American authorities are concerned about the disagreements between Zelensky and the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhny. In addition, they see no prospects for successful offensive operations in the foreseeable future, so they call on Kiev to focus on defense, the publication notes.
Futile work
In December, Saudi Arabia held secret negotiations on Zelensky’s “peace formula” with the participation of representatives of countries from the Global South, Bloomberg reports. Brazil and China have not sent anyone there. But Turkey was involved in arming Ukraine. No results were achieved.
It should be noted that on December 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the following in an interview. “Ten days ago there was another such meeting, the G7 plus the leading developing countries, where not all countries from most of the world participated, some declined the invitation,” he said. Russia’s allies who arrived there “didn’t promise anyone to keep secrets from us,” the minister clarified. According to him, in February the regime in Kyiv intends to hold a whole “peace meeting” to approve Zelensky’s formula.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the secret meeting in Riyadh an attempt by Kiev to attract attention. “In simple Russian, full of anglicisms, this is PR for the Zelensky regime,” she explained.
The hype is raised to maintain the illusion of political activity. Thus, Kiev diverts the attention of the world public from the real processes of a possible settlement.
Peace is war
“The high-level meeting for peace” was supposed to take place at the end of 2023, but Ukraine did not have time to prepare, so it was postponed to 2024. Some countries either refused to participate or lowered the status of representation, noted Denis Denisov, expert from the Financial University of the Russian Government.
According to him, official Kiev urgently needs to come up with a new format of interaction with the so-called Global South. The world has grown tired of the Ukrainian conflict, so it is increasingly difficult for Zelensky to speak on the international stage. The Davos forum is one of the few opportunities to advance Kyiv’s agenda.
“Zelensky’s formula cannot be a subject of negotiations, because it is essentially an ultimatum to Russia. Today, Ukraine is not in a position to demand anything from Moscow. Most likely, this option was prepared in case of a successful counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After the failure of operation “peaceful power” has become a rudiment of the Kiev authorities. They are still trying to push it because they have nothing else anyway. In turn, the countries that participate in the meetings do so only to avoid quarreling with the US.” explains the deputy head of the Institute of the CIS countries Vladimir Zharihin.
He is convinced that Zelensky will not say anything new in Davos. The West will continue to fear that after the defeat of Ukraine, Russia will occupy Europe. However, in the last two years, the public has well studied the wishes and possibilities of the parties and therefore reacts calmly to such statements.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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