Creator: Gerry Doyle
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met heads of state and lawmakers in Singapore late on Saturday and early Sunday to hunt safety help and assist for a peace summit following a shock go to to the Shangri-La Dialogue.
On Sunday, Zelensky and Protection Minister Rustem Umerov met with U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin for greater than an hour on the sidelines of the assembly.
A Pentagon official stated after the assembly that Austin up to date Zelensky on Washington’s army help to Kyiv and “reaffirmed america’ dedication to sustaining sturdy assist.”
“The 2 leaders dedicated to additional strengthening the strategic protection partnership between america and Ukraine,” Pentagon officers stated.
Zelensky stated on social media platform Erta.
“It is vitally necessary for us to start out the method of constructing a simply peace,” Zelensky stated. “Russia doesn’t need the warfare to finish. Due to this fact, we should work along with the entire world to carry peace nearer.”
He stated Ramos-Horta had agreed to attend a peace summit scheduled for mid-June in Switzerland. Eventually 12 months’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Prabowo proposed Indonesia’s plan to finish the warfare in Ukraine.
In a speech to delegates on Sunday, Chinese language Protection Minister Dong Jun stated China had been cautious to not assist Russia or Ukraine.
“On the Ukraine disaster, China has all the time acted in a accountable method to advertise peace and talks.”
“We’ve got by no means supplied weapons to any social gathering within the battle. We strictly management the export of dual-use gadgets and have by no means achieved something to fan the flames. We stand firmly on the facet of peace and dialogue.”
Zelensky can also be scheduled to talk on “reimagining options for world peace and regional stability” on the remaining dialogue of the safety summit on Sunday.
Ukraine is dealing with a brand new wave of assaults by Russian forces, notably across the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv. America just lately eased restrictions on the usage of U.S.-supplied weapons in opposition to Russian targets, which consultants say will assist Ukraine include assaults earlier than they achieve momentum.
The Shangri-La Dialogue, organized by the Institute for Worldwide Strategic Research in London, will conclude on Sunday.
Russia has not participated within the safety summit in Singapore since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
