A secret meeting of national security advisors of Ukraine, its G7 allies and some countries in the global South took place in Saudi Arabia on December 16: Kiev tried to secure support for the terms of peace negotiations with the Russian Federation but failed to make serious progress. This was reported by Bloomberg With reference to sources.
According to one of them, Ukraine and its G7 allies continued to reject calls from countries of the global South to engage directly with Russia.
The publication emphasizes that the main purpose of the meeting was to make some countries feel “more comfortable” in deciding to participate.
Bloomberg claims that China, the UAE and Brazil did not send representatives to the secret meeting, but Brazil forwarded its written statement. Officials from India, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia also attended the meeting.
Before that, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov statedIt was said that a meeting was held in December with the participation of Western countries and some global South countries on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s “peace formula”.
Previously in Italy statedHe stated that Ukraine will be at the center of the G7 agenda in 2024.