Work on the preparation of the first inaugural Peace Summit is ongoing, and we can now say for sure that our closest partners will take part in it. It is possible that U.S. President Joe Biden will attend the event. At the same time, it is very important for Ukraine to involve the countries of the global South and the G20 member states, in particular India and China.
This was stated by Oleksandr Merezhko, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation.
“Very intensive diplomatic work is currently underway, and there is hope that we will be able to convince China to participate in the Peace Summit. This would be a significant diplomatic victory for Ukraine, because the event should demonstrate the will to peace, the will to stop russian aggression, and show putin the isolation of the aggressor country. We need to show that the majority of the world's countries demand peace as soon as possible and the full restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity,” the politician said.
He also commented on the preparation of the fourteenth package of EU sanctions against russia.
“I hope that this package will address the issue of the ban on russian imports, as well as expand the range of legal entities and individuals subject to economic restrictions. It is very important to stop the russian military machine, and this requires the introduction of secondary sanctions to help combat russia's attempts to circumvent the restrictions. In other words, the concept of the sanctions mechanism and sanctions policy needs to be changed,” the MP emphasized.