“Everyone is focused on ending the conflict (in Ukraine) as quickly as possible and preferably peacefully,” the Russian president emphasized at the end of the summit in the Russian city of Kazan.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putinsaid today that all states of the BRICS group, especially China and Brazil, want the war in Ukraine to take place as quickly as possible and preferably by peaceful means.
“Everyone is focused on ending the conflict (in Ukraine) as quickly as possible and preferably peacefully,” he emphasized at a press conference at the end of the month. BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.
The head of the Kremlin expressed his gratitude to all partners for their attention to the Ukrainian conflict and for “searching for a way to resolve it.”
Putin has again accused the US of supporting a 2014 coup in Ukraine, “which led to the current escalation”, he said.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterresalso stressed during his intervention the need to achieve a just peace in Ukraine, where he also took the opportunity to call for a ceasefire also in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Conflicts in the Middle East
The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbasclaimed at the BRICS summit that after more than a year of attacks on Gaza, the Israeli military is carrying out an “ethnic cleansing” in the Gaza Strip with the ultimate goal of “ridding the country of its population.”
In addition to the situation in the Gaza Strip, Abbas has emphasized that “the attacks by the occupying forces and terrorist settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” violate international law, put the region at risk of an “outbreak” and nothing other than ‘widening the circle of conflict.
Putin has warned that the Middle East has suffered “a chain reaction” That has put the region “on the brink of full-scale war” over the past year, while it is argued that lasting peace in the area requires “correcting the historical injustices against the Palestinian people” through the materialization of the state of Palestine.
In the same vein, “there will be no peace until there is an independent Palestinian state,” the Palestinian Authority said Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieiraduring his speech today in Kazan.
The Chinese President, Xi Jinpinghas called for a ceasefire in Gaza to prevent the spread of the war in Lebanon and pave the way for a political solution in Ukraine.
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoganhas gone a step further and accused Israel of committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza and asked the states participating in the meeting to support an initiative by Ankara at the United Nations to stop arms sales to Israel.
Attempts at coups
In a different turn of events, the President of Bolivia, Luis Arcehas taken advantage of his appearance before the BRICS to denounce that “legally constituted democracies” such as his country and Venezuela are victims of coup attempts.
“We cannot forget acts of destabilization and attempts to suppress legally established democracy through coups among peoples who are potential victims of the Western power that wants to continue to control the world,” the Bolivian president said at the summit. ‘We refer to Venezuela and its oilUnpleasant Bolivia and its lithiumas well as Honduras and Colombia because of their geostrategic positionArce warned.
Source: EITB
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