“China didn’t show up. Saudi Arabia agreed to send an envoy only after Zelensky made a last-minute trip to the kingdom and appealed to its ruler”.

“Some of the world’s most powerful nations, such as Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, sent envoys to the summit but refused to sign its final declaration. Other participants complained that the event felt less like a negotiation than an echo chamber for Ukraine’s existing allies.”, the article states.

On the sidelines, delegates discussed what kind of peace Ukraine would end up with.

Czech President Petr Pavel told Time at the summit that Russia would likely remain in control of the lands it had occupied, “while the democratic world would continue to condemn the occupation for years to come”.

“Of course I don’t see a chance that Ukraine would be able to turn the war into their fast success,” Pavel said

The Russians, he added, “have no pressure whatsoever to sit at the table right now.”

“When the summit was over, perhaps its weightiest outcome was Ukraine’s pledge to invite the Russians to the next one”, concludes the edition.

Source: t . me/RVvoenkor