Two days of talks on Kyiv-backed ways to end Russia’s war in Ukraine begin in Malta on Saturday.
Representatives of dozens of countries are participating in the third such talks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supports the talks, but Moscow has rejected them.
Kyiv is expected to use the meeting to drum up support for its proposed ten-point peace plan. This plan was also advanced by Ukraine in previous rounds of negotiations in Jeddah and Copenhagen.
“International support for the Ukrainian peace formula is growing,” Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday.
Fifteen countries attended the first meeting in Denmark in June, but Jermak announced on Saturday that more than 65 countries will participate in the Valletta talks.
The talks in Valletta will take place behind closed doors and the Maltese government has not provided details of the planned events.
However, a Ukrainian government spokesman said the discussions would focus on five main areas: energy, food and nuclear security, humanitarian issues and the restoration of Ukraine’s borders.
It is expected that representatives from the USA, European Union, Great Britain, as well as from Turkey, which positions itself as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, will participate in the talks.
South Africa, Brazil and India will also send representatives to the talks. All three countries are part of the BRICS group, which also includes Russia. South Africa and India have not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Brazil has refrained from sending arms to Ukraine.
China, which as Russia’s ally has indirectly supported Moscow in the war, has not announced whether it will attend the conference. Chinese representatives participated in the talks in Jeddah in August.
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2023-10-28 16:18:11
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