The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyarrived today at Saudi Arabia to talk about that country’s mediation in the prisoner-of-war exchanges between Ukraine and Russia.
Just as the “peace formula” to end the conflict, which turned two years old on Saturday.
Volodymyr Zelensky in Saudi Arabia
“I have arrived in Saudi Arabia to hold talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman”Zelensky wrote on the social network
Zelensky recalled in his post that he was in Jeddah last year to attend a meeting focused on the situation in Ukraine.
What is the peace formula and Zelensky’s agenda?
The “peace formula” that he defends is the “first point” on the agenda of this trip, while the “second point” deals with the return of prisoners of war and deportees. In this sense, the Ukrainian president noted that Saudi Arabia has already facilitated prisoner exchanges in the past, so he hopes that the meetings he will hold now will also give “results.”
Zelensky He also trusts in dealing with the crown prince bilateral economic cooperation and the Saudi involvement in the reconstruction work of Ukraine, which suffers from serious shortcomings resulting from two years of war with Russia.
He heir Prince was positioned as a potential mediator between Ukraine and Russiawho have been at war since February 2022.
Volodimir Zelensky’s plan
He Zelensky’s peace plan first introduced in late 2022, demands the withdrawal of all Russian forces of the occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula (annexed in 2014), the prosecution of Russian war crimes, as well as compensation and security guarantees.
Ukraine is currently on the defensive since the failure of a counteroffensive to retake territories occupied by Russia, which was followed by a decrease in the military support it had received from the United States and other NATO countries. This allowed Russia to regain the initiative along the 1,000 kilometer front line, and in recent days it conquered the city of Avdiivka, in the occupied eastern Ukrainian province of Donetsk, and nearby towns.
Source: Ambito
