Denmark gives to host Ukraine peace talks, needs India, China, Brazil to wait | News24

Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen. (Photo: Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)

• Denmark want to host a summit geared toward discovering peace between Ukraine and Russia.
• It would want engagement from India, China and Brazil, the Danish Foreign Minister mentioned.
• A suggestion in December by means of Ukraine to carry a peace summit in February this yr by no means materialized.

Denmark want to host a summit in July geared toward discovering peace between Ukraine and Russia, however the sort of assembly would want engagement from India, China and Brazil, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen mentioned Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday sought world fortify on the G7 assembly in Japan for Kyiv’s plan to finish Russia’s warfare in Ukraine and proposed to carry an international summit in July.

“If Ukraine finds that the time has come to have such a meeting, that would be fantastic. And then Denmark would obviously like to host the meeting,” Lokke Rasmussen advised journalists at the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

A suggestion in December by means of Ukraine to carry a peace summit in February this yr by no means materialized.

“For starters, we need to put some effort into creating a global commitment to organize such a meeting,” Lokke Rasmussen mentioned, including {that a} summit must now not simply be attended by means of Ukraine’s allies.

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“It is hard for me to see” Russia participating, he added.

Zelensky ultimate yr proposed a 10-point peace plan, which calls on Russia to withdraw all its troops from Ukraine and to admire Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

The main points of its implementation must be mentioned on the proposed peace summit, Zelensky’s management mentioned in a commentary on Sunday.

Lokke Rasmussen mentioned he welcomed a choice by means of Washington to fortify joint allied coaching methods for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.

“It makes sense to begin training of Ukrainian pilots as soon as possible,” Lokke Rasmussen mentioned, including it used to be too early to mention if Denmark would provide F-16s to Ukraine.