Ukraine said on Monday that it was “satisfied” with a weekend summit in Saudi Arabia on a peace settlement to cease conflict, to which Moscow was not invited.
Representatives from over 40 countries attended the peace summit in Jeddah, including China, India, the United States, and Ukraine.
“We are very satisfied with the results of the summit,” the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andriy Yermak, said.
“The meeting in Saudi Arabia is a rehearsal for a world in which there is no place for savage aggression (by Russia).”
He said there was an agreement on the next meeting, “but there are no exact dates” and said that “even more countries will participate”.
He said a Chinese representative was “present at all events.”
“There is no reason to doubt that the principle ‘Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine’ is being disrupted,” he added.
Russia previously stated that a peace settlement could only be reached if Kyiv laid down its arms.
Russia, which was not invited to the summit, said a resolution was feasible if Ukraine “stopped the hostilities and terrorist attacks” and Western countries stopped supplying armaments to Kiev.
It also demanded that Ukraine hand over its occupied territory to Moscow.
“The original foundations of Ukraine’s sovereignty — its neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear status — must be confirmed,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
Over a year into Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces were pressing ahead with their long-awaited offensive to retake occupied territory.
