KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said negotiations were ongoing with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland regarding the second summit on peace in a conversation with Indian journalists shared on his social media on Sunday.
Zelenskyy also said he had told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would support India hosting the second summit on peace as Kyiv hopes to find a host among the countries in the Global South.
“But I want to be frank, and this applies not only to India, but to any state that would be positive about hosting a second summit. We will not be able to hold a peace summit in a country that has not yet joined the peace summit communique,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian president added that he discussed all of the points from the communique and previous peace summit during the meeting with Modi on Friday.
Besides, Zelenskyy said he wants to boost trade with India. He said he was interested in in increasing “goods turnover by 3-5 times”.
Former US President Donald Trump has signalled his support for Ukraine in a conversation with Zelenskyy and said he wants to stop the war with Russia.
Republican presidential candidate Trump is locked in a tight-run race with Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov 5 US election and has threatened US withdrawal from NATO and said he would not defend allies that did not increase their defence budgets.